Burundi vs Rwanda: Sovereign state

Burundi

in 2025

Rwanda

in 2025

Burundi rank

1st

Rwanda rank

1st

Sovereign state over time

Burundi currently reports 1 against 1 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.

Across all 210 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 1st and Rwanda ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Indicator: Sovereign state
Source: Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 40,740 data points, 1816–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The country is identified as a sovereign state by Gleditsch and Ward dataset.