Barbados vs Malta: Sovereign state
Barbados
1
in 2025
Malta
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Barbados
- Malta
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Malta, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malta | 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 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Malta |
| 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 Malta?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Barbados and Malta?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malta?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Malta rank globally for sovereign state?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Malta 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.