Burkina Faso vs South Sudan: Sovereign state
Burkina Faso
1
in 2025
South Sudan
1
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
1st
South Sudan rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Burkina Faso
- South Sudan
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1 against 1 in South Sudan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was South Sudan ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 1st and South Sudan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | South Sudan | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, Burkina Faso or South Sudan?
- Burkina Faso, at 1 against 1 in South Sudan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Burkina Faso and South Sudan?
- 0, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and South Sudan?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and South Sudan rank globally for sovereign state?
- Burkina Faso ranks 1st and South Sudan 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.