Nigeria vs Zambia: Sovereign state
Nigeria
1
in 2022
Zambia
1
in 2022
Nigeria rank
1st
Zambia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Nigeria
- Zambia
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1 against 1 in Zambia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Zambia ahead.
Nigeria ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Nigeria |
| 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, Nigeria or Zambia?
- Nigeria, at 1 against 1 in Zambia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Nigeria and Zambia?
- 0, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zambia?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Nigeria and Zambia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Nigeria ranks 1st and Zambia 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.