Brunei vs Kiribati: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Brunei
1
in 2025
Kiribati
1
in 2025
Brunei rank
1st
Kiribati rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Brunei
- Kiribati
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 1 against 1 in Kiribati, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.
Brunei ranks 1st and Kiribati ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Kiribati | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Kiribati |
| 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, Brunei or Kiribati?
- Brunei, at 1 against 1 in Kiribati as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Brunei and Kiribati?
- 0, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Kiribati?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Brunei and Kiribati rank globally for sovereign state?
- Brunei ranks 1st and Kiribati 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.