Marshall Islands vs Samoa: Sovereign state
Marshall Islands
1
in 2025
Samoa
1
in 2025
Marshall Islands rank
1st
Samoa rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Marshall Islands
- Samoa
How they compare
Marshall Islands currently reports 1 against 1 in Samoa, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Marshall Islands ranks 1st and Samoa ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Marshall Islands | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Samoa |
| 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, Marshall Islands or Samoa?
- Marshall Islands, at 1 against 1 in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Marshall Islands and Samoa?
- 0, with Marshall Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Samoa?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Marshall Islands and Samoa rank globally for sovereign state?
- Marshall Islands 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.