Spain vs Syria: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Spain
1
in 2025
Syria
1
in 2025
Spain rank
1st
Syria rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Spain
- Syria
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1 against 1 in Syria, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 1st and Syria ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Spain |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Spain |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Spain or Syria?
- Spain, at 1 against 1 in Syria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Spain and Syria?
- 0, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Syria?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Spain and Syria rank globally for sovereign state?
- Spain ranks 1st and Syria 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.