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