Cuba vs Palau: Sovereign state
Cuba
1
in 2025
Palau
1
in 2025
Cuba rank
1st
Palau rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Cuba
- Palau
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 1 against 1 in Palau, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Palau ahead.
Cuba ranks 1st and Palau ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Palau | 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 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Cuba |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cuba |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Cuba |
| 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, Cuba or Palau?
- Cuba, at 1 against 1 in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Cuba and Palau?
- 0, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Palau?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Palau rank globally for sovereign state?
- Cuba ranks 1st and Palau 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.