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