Greece vs Sweden: Sovereign state
Greece
1
in 2025
Sweden
1
in 2025
Greece rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Greece
- Sweden
How they compare
Greece currently reports 1 against 1 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1820s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Sweden |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Greece or Sweden?
- Greece, at 1 against 1 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Greece and Sweden?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for sovereign state?
- Greece ranks 1st and Sweden 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.