Malta vs Norway: Sovereign state
Malta
1
in 2025
Norway
1
in 2025
Malta rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Malta
- Norway
How they compare
Malta currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Norway | 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Norway |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Norway |
| 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, Malta or Norway?
- Malta, at 1 against 1 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Malta and Norway?
- 0, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Norway?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Norway rank globally for sovereign state?
- Malta ranks 1st and Norway 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.