Belize vs Sierra Leone: Sovereign state
Belize
1
in 2025
Sierra Leone
1
in 2025
Belize rank
1st
Sierra Leone rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Belize
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Belize currently reports 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Belize ranks 1st and Sierra Leone ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Sierra Leone | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Sierra Leone |
| 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, Belize or Sierra Leone?
- Belize, at 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Belize and Sierra Leone?
- 0, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Sierra Leone?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Sierra Leone rank globally for sovereign state?
- Belize ranks 1st and Sierra Leone 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.