Sierra Leone vs South Sudan: Sovereign state
Sierra Leone
1
in 2022
South Sudan
1
in 2022
Sierra Leone rank
1st
South Sudan rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 1 against 1 in South Sudan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was South Sudan ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 1st and South Sudan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | South Sudan | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, Sierra Leone or South Sudan?
- Sierra Leone, at 1 against 1 in South Sudan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 0, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Sierra Leone and South Sudan rank globally for sovereign state?
- Sierra Leone ranks 1st and South Sudan 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.