Palau vs East Timor: Sovereign state
Palau
1
in 2025
East Timor
1
in 2025
Palau rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Palau
- East Timor
How they compare
Palau 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.
Palau ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Palau |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Palau |
| 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, Palau or East Timor?
- Palau, at 1 against 1 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Palau and East Timor?
- 0, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and East Timor?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Palau and East Timor rank globally for sovereign state?
- Palau 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.