Bhutan vs Malta: Sovereign state
Bhutan
1
in 2025
Malta
1
in 2025
Bhutan rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Bhutan
- Malta
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 1 against 1 in Malta, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Malta ahead.
Bhutan ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | 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 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Bhutan |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Bhutan |
| 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, Bhutan or Malta?
- Bhutan, at 1 against 1 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Bhutan and Malta?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Malta?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Malta rank globally for sovereign state?
- Bhutan 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.