Papua New Guinea vs Samoa: Sovereign state
Papua New Guinea
1
in 2022
Samoa
1
in 2022
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Samoa rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 1 against 1 in Samoa, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 1st and Samoa ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | 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 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Samoa |
| 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, Papua New Guinea or Samoa?
- Papua New Guinea, at 1 against 1 in Samoa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
- 0, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Samoa rank globally for sovereign state?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 1st and Samoa 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.