Austria vs France: Sovereign state
Austria
1
in 2025
France
1
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
France rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Austria
- France
How they compare
Austria currently reports 1 against 1 in France, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 1st and France ranks 1st of 194 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1910s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | France |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Austria or France?
- Austria, at 1 against 1 in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Austria and France?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and France?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Austria and France rank globally for sovereign state?
- Austria ranks 1st and France 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.