Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Sovereign state
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Costa Rica or Papua New Guinea?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea 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.