Estonia vs India: Sovereign state

Estonia
1
in 2025
India
1
in 2025
Estonia rank
1st
India rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Estonia
  • India
00.20.40.60.81181619202025

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 1 against 1 in India, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was India ahead.

Estonia ranks 1st and India ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 3 and India in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia India 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 0.2 0 0.2 Estonia
1920s 1 0 1 Estonia
1930s 1 0 1 Estonia
1940s 0 0.3 0.3 India
1950s 0 1 1 India
1960s 0 1 1 India
1970s 0 1 1 India
1980s 0 1 1 India
1990s 0.9 1 0.1 India
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, Estonia or India?
Estonia, at 1 against 1 in India as of 2025.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Estonia and India?
0, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and India?
210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
How do Estonia and India rank globally for sovereign state?
Estonia ranks 1st and India 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.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 40,740 data points, 1816–2025
Last refreshed

The country is identified as a sovereign state by Gleditsch and Ward dataset.