Burkina Faso vs Syria: Sovereign state
Burkina Faso
1
in 2025
Syria
1
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
1st
Syria rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Burkina Faso
- Syria
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1 against 1 in Syria, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Syria has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 1st and Syria ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Syria | 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 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Syria |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Syria |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Burkina Faso or Syria?
- Burkina Faso, at 1 against 1 in Syria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Burkina Faso and Syria?
- 0, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Syria?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Syria rank globally for sovereign state?
- Burkina Faso ranks 1st and Syria 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.