Afghanistan vs Mali: Sovereign state

Afghanistan
1
in 2022
Mali
1
in 2022
Afghanistan rank
1st
Mali rank
1st

Sovereign state over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Mali
00.20.40.60.81181619192022

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 1 against 1 in Mali, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 207 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Mali ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 1st and Mali ranks 1st of 194 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Mali 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 0.1 0 0.1 Afghanistan
1920s 1 0 1 Afghanistan
1930s 1 0 1 Afghanistan
1940s 1 0 1 Afghanistan
1950s 1 0 1 Afghanistan
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, Afghanistan or Mali?
Afghanistan, at 1 against 1 in Mali as of 2022.
What is the difference in sovereign state between Afghanistan and Mali?
0, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mali?
207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
How do Afghanistan and Mali rank globally for sovereign state?
Afghanistan ranks 1st and Mali ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Correlates of War – State System Membership (2017) – 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

Indicator
Sovereign state
Source
Correlates of War – State System Membership (2017) – 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

The country is identified as a sovereign state by Correlates of War - State System Membership dataset.