Netherlands vs United Kingdom: Sovereign state

Netherlands
1
in 2022
United Kingdom
1
in 2022
Netherlands rank
1st
United Kingdom rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 1 against 1 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.

Across all 207 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 1st and United Kingdom ranks 1st of 194 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1810s 1 1 0
1820s 1 1 0
1830s 1 1 0
1840s 1 1 0
1850s 1 1 0
1860s 1 1 0
1870s 1 1 0
1880s 1 1 0
1890s 1 1 0
1900s 1 1 0
1910s 1 1 0
1920s 1 1 0
1930s 1 1 0
1940s 0.6 1 0.4 United Kingdom
1950s 1 1 0
1960s 1 1 0
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, Netherlands or United Kingdom?
Netherlands, at 1 against 1 in United Kingdom as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Netherlands and United Kingdom?
0, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and United Kingdom?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Netherlands and United Kingdom rank globally for sovereign state?
Netherlands ranks 1st and United Kingdom 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

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Correlates of War – State System Membership (2017) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 40,158 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

The country is identified as a sovereign state by Correlates of War - State System Membership dataset.