Barbados vs Cuba: Sovereign state
Barbados
1
in 2025
Cuba
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Cuba rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Barbados
- Cuba
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Cuba, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 1st and Cuba ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Cuba | 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 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Cuba |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Cuba |
| 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, Barbados or Cuba?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Barbados and Cuba?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cuba?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Cuba rank globally for sovereign state?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Cuba 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.