Afghanistan vs Lithuania: Sovereign state
Afghanistan
1
in 2025
Lithuania
1
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
1st
Lithuania rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Afghanistan
- Lithuania
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1 against 1 in Lithuania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and Lithuania ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 14 and Lithuania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Afghanistan |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Afghanistan |
| 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, Afghanistan or Lithuania?
- Afghanistan, at 1 against 1 in Lithuania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Afghanistan and Lithuania?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Lithuania?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Lithuania rank globally for sovereign state?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and Lithuania 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.