Malaysia vs Samoa: Sovereign state
Malaysia
1
in 2025
Samoa
1
in 2025
Malaysia rank
1st
Samoa rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Malaysia
- Samoa
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 1 against 1 in Samoa, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Samoa ahead.
Malaysia ranks 1st and Samoa ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Samoa | 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 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Malaysia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Malaysia |
| 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, Malaysia or Samoa?
- Malaysia, at 1 against 1 in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Malaysia and Samoa?
- 0, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Samoa?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Malaysia and Samoa rank globally for sovereign state?
- Malaysia ranks 1st and Samoa 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.