Fiji vs Vanuatu: Sovereign state
Fiji
1
in 2025
Vanuatu
1
in 2025
Fiji rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Fiji
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 1 against 1 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Fiji ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Fiji has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Vanuatu | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Fiji |
| 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, Fiji or Vanuatu?
- Fiji, at 1 against 1 in Vanuatu as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Fiji and Vanuatu?
- 0, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Vanuatu?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Fiji and Vanuatu rank globally for sovereign state?
- Fiji ranks 1st and Vanuatu 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.