Lesotho vs South Africa: Sovereign state
Lesotho
1
in 2022
South Africa
1
in 2022
Lesotho rank
1st
South Africa rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Lesotho
- South Africa
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 1 against 1 in South Africa, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 194 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | South Africa |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, Lesotho or South Africa?
- Lesotho, at 1 against 1 in South Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Lesotho and South Africa?
- 0, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and South Africa?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Lesotho and South Africa rank globally for sovereign state?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Correlates of War - State System Membership (2017) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Sovereign state. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The country is identified as a sovereign state by Correlates of War - State System Membership dataset.