Somalia vs Yemen: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Somalia
1
in 2025
Yemen
1
in 2025
Somalia rank
1st
Yemen rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Somalia
- Yemen
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 1 against 1 in Yemen, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 1st and Yemen ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Yemen | 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 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Yemen |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yemen |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yemen |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yemen |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yemen |
| 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, Somalia or Yemen?
- Somalia, at 1 against 1 in Yemen as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Somalia and Yemen?
- 0, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for sovereign state?
- Somalia ranks 1st and Yemen 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.