Libya vs Turkey: Sovereign state
Libya
1
in 2025
Turkey
1
in 2025
Libya rank
1st
Turkey rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Libya
- Turkey
How they compare
Libya currently reports 1 against 1 in Turkey, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.
Libya ranks 1st and Turkey ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Turkey |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Turkey |
| 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, Libya or Turkey?
- Libya, at 1 against 1 in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Libya and Turkey?
- 0, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Turkey?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Libya and Turkey rank globally for sovereign state?
- Libya ranks 1st and Turkey 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.