France vs Malawi: Sovereign state
France
1
in 2025
Malawi
1
in 2025
France rank
1st
Malawi rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- France
- Malawi
How they compare
France currently reports 1 against 1 in Malawi, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was France ahead.
France ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 1st of 194 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | France |
| 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, France or Malawi?
- France, at 1 against 1 in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between France and Malawi?
- 0, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Malawi?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do France and Malawi rank globally for sovereign state?
- France ranks 1st and Malawi 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.