Afghanistan vs North Korea: Sovereign state
Afghanistan
1
in 2025
North Korea
1
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
1st
North Korea rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Afghanistan
- North Korea
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1 against 1 in North Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and North Korea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Afghanistan |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Afghanistan |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Afghanistan |
| 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, Afghanistan or North Korea?
- Afghanistan, at 1 against 1 in North Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Afghanistan and North Korea?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and North Korea?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and North Korea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and North Korea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – 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 Gleditsch and Ward dataset.