Gabon vs Libya: Sovereign state
Gabon
1
in 2025
Libya
1
in 2025
Gabon rank
1st
Libya rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Gabon
- Libya
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 1 against 1 in Libya, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 1st and Libya ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Libya |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Libya |
| 1830s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Libya |
| 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 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Libya |
| 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, Gabon or Libya?
- Gabon, at 1 against 1 in Libya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Gabon and Libya?
- 0, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Libya?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Libya rank globally for sovereign state?
- Gabon ranks 1st and Libya 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.