Cyprus vs Maldives: Sovereign state
Cyprus
1
in 2025
Maldives
1
in 2025
Cyprus rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Cyprus
- Maldives
How they compare
Cyprus currently reports 1 against 1 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Maldives ahead.
Cyprus ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Cyprus has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cyprus | Maldives | 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 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Cyprus |
| 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, Cyprus or Maldives?
- Cyprus, at 1 against 1 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Cyprus and Maldives?
- 0, with Cyprus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Maldives?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Cyprus and Maldives rank globally for sovereign state?
- Cyprus ranks 1st and Maldives 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.