Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Sovereign state
Zambia
1
in 2022
Zimbabwe
1
in 2022
Zambia rank
1st
Zimbabwe rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Zambia ranks 1st and Zimbabwe ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Zambia | Zimbabwe | 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 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | Zambia |
| 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, Zambia or Zimbabwe?
- Zambia, at 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 0, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for sovereign state?
- Zambia ranks 1st and Zimbabwe 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.