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