New Zealand vs East Timor: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
New Zealand
1
in 2025
East Timor
1
in 2025
New Zealand rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- New Zealand
- East Timor
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1 against 1 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was East Timor ahead.
New Zealand ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 194 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | East Timor | 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 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | New Zealand |
| 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, New Zealand or East Timor?
- New Zealand, at 1 against 1 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between New Zealand and East Timor?
- 0, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and East Timor?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and East Timor rank globally for sovereign state?
- New Zealand ranks 1st and East Timor 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.