Afghanistan vs China: Sovereign state
Afghanistan
1
in 2022
China
1
in 2022
Afghanistan rank
1st
China rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Afghanistan
- China
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1 against 1 in China, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 194 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | China |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1910s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | China |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Afghanistan or China?
- Afghanistan, at 1 against 1 in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Afghanistan and China?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and China?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Afghanistan and China rank globally for sovereign state?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Butcher and Griffiths (2020) – 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 the ISD dataset.