Kenya vs Qatar: Sovereign state
Kenya
1
in 2025
Qatar
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
Qatar rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Kenya
- Qatar
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in Qatar, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Qatar ahead.
Kenya ranks 1st and Qatar 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 | Qatar | 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 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Kenya |
| 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 Qatar?
- Kenya, at 1 against 1 in Qatar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Kenya and Qatar?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Qatar?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Qatar rank globally for sovereign state?
- Kenya ranks 1st and Qatar 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.