Brunei vs Nigeria: Sovereign state
Brunei
1
in 2022
Nigeria
1
in 2022
Brunei rank
1st
Nigeria rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Brunei
- Nigeria
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 1 against 1 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 8 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brunei |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Brunei |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Nigeria |
| 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, Brunei or Nigeria?
- Brunei, at 1 against 1 in Nigeria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Brunei and Nigeria?
- 0, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Nigeria?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Brunei and Nigeria rank globally for sovereign state?
- Brunei ranks 1st and Nigeria 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.