Kenya vs Palau: Sovereign state

Kenya
1
in 2025
Palau
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
Palau rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Kenya
  • Palau
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in Palau, a difference of 0.

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

Kenya ranks 1st and Palau ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Palau 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 0
1950s 0 0 0
1960s 0.7 0 0.7 Kenya
1970s 1 0 1 Kenya
1980s 1 0 1 Kenya
1990s 1 0.6 0.4 Kenya
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 Palau?
Kenya, at 1 against 1 in Palau as of 2025.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Kenya and Palau?
0, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Palau?
210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Palau rank globally for sovereign state?
Kenya ranks 1st and Palau 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

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.