Equatorial Guinea vs Eritrea: Sovereign state
Equatorial Guinea
1
in 2025
Eritrea
1
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea rank
1st
Eritrea rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1 against 1 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Eritrea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 1st and Eritrea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 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, Equatorial Guinea or Eritrea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 1 against 1 in Eritrea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea?
- 0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 1st and Eritrea 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.