Maldives vs Niger: Sovereign state
Maldives
1
in 2025
Niger
1
in 2025
Maldives rank
1st
Niger rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Maldives
- Niger
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1 against 1 in Niger, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 1st and Niger ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Niger | 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 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Niger |
| 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, Maldives or Niger?
- Maldives, at 1 against 1 in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Maldives and Niger?
- 0, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Niger?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Niger rank globally for sovereign state?
- Maldives ranks 1st and Niger 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.