Malawi vs Nigeria: Sovereign state

Malawi

in 2022

Nigeria

in 2022

Malawi rank

1st

Nigeria rank

1st

Sovereign state over time

Malawi currently reports 1 against 1 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.

Across all 207 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Indicator: Sovereign state
Source: Butcher and Griffiths (2020) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 40,158 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The country is identified as a sovereign state by the ISD dataset.