Vietnam vs Zambia: Sovereign state (Gleditsch)
Vietnam
1
in 2025
Zambia
1
in 2025
Vietnam rank
1st
Zambia rank
1st
Sovereign state (Gleditsch) over time
- Vietnam
- Zambia
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 1 against 1 in Zambia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Zambia ahead.
Vietnam ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Vietnam has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Vietnam | Zambia | 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 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Vietnam |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Vietnam |
| 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, Vietnam or Zambia?
- Vietnam, at 1 against 1 in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Vietnam and Zambia?
- 0, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Vietnam and Zambia?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Vietnam and Zambia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Vietnam ranks 1st and Zambia 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.