Chile vs Colombia: Sovereign state
Chile
1
in 2025
Colombia
1
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
Colombia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Chile
- Colombia
How they compare
Chile currently reports 1 against 1 in Colombia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Colombia ahead.
Chile ranks 1st and Colombia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Chile |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Chile or Colombia?
- Chile, at 1 against 1 in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Chile and Colombia?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Colombia?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Colombia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Chile ranks 1st and Colombia 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.