Mauritania vs Spain: Sovereign state
Mauritania
1
in 2025
Spain
1
in 2025
Mauritania rank
1st
Spain rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Mauritania
- Spain
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1 against 1 in Spain, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Mauritania or Spain?
- Mauritania, at 1 against 1 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Mauritania and Spain?
- 0, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Spain?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Spain rank globally for sovereign state?
- Mauritania ranks 1st and Spain 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.