Malawi vs Mauritania: Sovereign state
Malawi
1
in 2025
Mauritania
1
in 2025
Malawi rank
1st
Mauritania rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Malawi
- Mauritania
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1 against 1 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 1st and Mauritania ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Mauritania | 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 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Mauritania |
| 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, Malawi or Mauritania?
- Malawi, at 1 against 1 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Malawi and Mauritania?
- 0, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Mauritania?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Mauritania rank globally for sovereign state?
- Malawi ranks 1st and Mauritania 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.