Cape Verde vs Portugal: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Cape Verde
- Portugal
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Portugal |
| 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, Cape Verde or Portugal?
- Cape Verde, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Cape Verde and Portugal?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Portugal?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Portugal rank globally for sovereign state?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Portugal 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.