Canada vs South Korea: Sovereign state
Canada
1
in 2025
South Korea
1
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Canada
- South Korea
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1 against 1 in South Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was South Korea ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Canada |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Canada |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Canada or South Korea?
- Canada, at 1 against 1 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Canada and South Korea?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and South Korea?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Canada and South Korea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Canada ranks 1st and South Korea 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.