Barbados vs Fiji: Sovereign state

Barbados
1
in 2025
Fiji
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Fiji rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Barbados
  • Fiji
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Fiji, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Fiji ahead.

Barbados ranks 1st and Fiji ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Fiji 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 0.4 0 0.4 Barbados
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, Barbados or Fiji?
Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Fiji as of 2025.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Barbados and Fiji?
0, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Fiji?
210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Fiji rank globally for sovereign state?
Barbados ranks 1st and Fiji 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

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 40,740 data points, 1816–2025
Last refreshed

The country is identified as a sovereign state by Gleditsch and Ward dataset.