Botswana vs Costa Rica: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Botswana
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Botswana rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Botswana
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Botswana or Costa Rica?
- Botswana, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Botswana and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Costa Rica?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Costa Rica rank globally for sovereign state?
- Botswana ranks 1st and Costa Rica 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.