Kenya vs North Korea: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Kenya
1
in 2025
North Korea
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
North Korea rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Kenya
- North Korea
How they compare
Kenya 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.
Kenya ranks 1st and North Korea ranks 1st of 194 countries.
North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | 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 | 0.2 | 0.2 | North Korea |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | North Korea |
| 1960s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | North Korea |
| 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, Kenya or North Korea?
- Kenya, at 1 against 1 in North Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Kenya and North Korea?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and North Korea?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and North Korea rank globally for sovereign state?
- Kenya 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.