Lesotho vs South Sudan: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Lesotho
1
in 2025
South Sudan
1
in 2025
Lesotho rank
1st
South Sudan rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Lesotho
- South Sudan
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 1 against 1 in South Sudan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was South Sudan ahead.
Lesotho ranks 1st and South Sudan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | South Sudan | 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 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, Lesotho or South Sudan?
- Lesotho, at 1 against 1 in South Sudan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Lesotho and South Sudan?
- 0, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and South Sudan?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and South Sudan rank globally for sovereign state?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and South Sudan 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.