South Sudan vs Sudan: Sovereign state
South Sudan
1
in 2022
Sudan
1
in 2022
South Sudan rank
1st
Sudan rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- South Sudan
- Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 1 against 1 in Sudan, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, Sudan has been ahead every year.
South Sudan ranks 1st and Sudan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Sudan | 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 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Sudan |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 2010s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Sudan |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, South Sudan or Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 1 against 1 in Sudan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between South Sudan and Sudan?
- 0, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Sudan and Sudan?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do South Sudan and Sudan rank globally for sovereign state?
- South Sudan ranks 1st and 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.