Liberia vs Nigeria: Sovereign state
Liberia
1
in 2022
Nigeria
1
in 2022
Liberia rank
1st
Nigeria rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Liberia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 1 against 1 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Nigeria ahead.
Liberia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Liberia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 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, Liberia or Nigeria?
- Liberia, at 1 against 1 in Nigeria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Liberia and Nigeria?
- 0, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Nigeria?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Liberia and Nigeria rank globally for sovereign state?
- Liberia 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.