Congo vs Uganda: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Congo
1
in 2025
Uganda
1
in 2025
Congo rank
1st
Uganda rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Congo
- Uganda
How they compare
Congo currently reports 1 against 1 in Uganda, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Uganda ahead.
Congo ranks 1st and Uganda ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Uganda | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Congo |
| 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, Congo or Uganda?
- Congo, at 1 against 1 in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Congo and Uganda?
- 0, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Uganda?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Congo and Uganda rank globally for sovereign state?
- Congo ranks 1st and Uganda 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.