Costa Rica vs East Timor: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
East Timor
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Costa Rica
- East Timor
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was East Timor ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and East Timor 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 | East Timor | 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 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 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 East Timor?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Costa Rica and East Timor?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and East Timor?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and East Timor rank globally for sovereign state?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and East Timor 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.