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