Bhutan vs Maldives: Sovereign state
Bhutan
1
in 2022
Maldives
1
in 2022
Bhutan rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Bhutan
- Maldives
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 1 against 1 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 11 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bhutan |
| 1910s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Bhutan |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Maldives |
| 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, Bhutan or Maldives?
- Bhutan, at 1 against 1 in Maldives as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Bhutan and Maldives?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Maldives?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Bhutan and Maldives rank globally for sovereign state?
- Bhutan ranks 1st and Maldives 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.