Israel vs North Korea: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Israel
1
in 2025
North Korea
1
in 2025
Israel rank
1st
North Korea rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Israel
- North Korea
How they compare
Israel currently reports 1 against 1 in North Korea, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, North Korea has been ahead every year.
Israel ranks 1st and North Korea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | North Korea | 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 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 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, Israel or North Korea?
- Israel, at 1 against 1 in North Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Israel and North Korea?
- 0, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and North Korea?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Israel and North Korea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Israel ranks 1st and North Korea 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.