Belarus vs Latvia: Sovereign state
Belarus
1
in 2025
Latvia
1
in 2025
Belarus rank
1st
Latvia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Belarus
- Latvia
How they compare
Belarus currently reports 1 against 1 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.
Belarus ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Latvia | 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 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Latvia |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Latvia |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Latvia |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 0.9 | 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, Belarus or Latvia?
- Belarus, at 1 against 1 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Belarus and Latvia?
- 0, with Belarus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Latvia?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Belarus and Latvia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Belarus ranks 1st and Latvia 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.