Australia vs Kenya: Sovereign state
Australia
1
in 2025
Kenya
1
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Kenya rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Australia
- Kenya
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Kenya, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Kenya ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Kenya ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Kenya | 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 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Australia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Australia |
| 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, Australia or Kenya?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Australia and Kenya?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Kenya?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Kenya rank globally for sovereign state?
- Australia ranks 1st and Kenya 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.