Japan vs Samoa: Country position on nuclear weapons
Japan
0
in 2023
Samoa
0
in 2023
Japan rank
12th
Samoa rank
12th
Country position on nuclear weapons over time
- Japan
- Samoa
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0 against 0 in Samoa, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1938 it was Samoa ahead.
Japan ranks 12th and Samoa ranks 12th of 246 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher country position on nuclear weapons, Japan or Samoa?
- Japan, at 0 against 0 in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in country position on nuclear weapons between Japan and Samoa?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Samoa?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1938 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Samoa rank globally for country position on nuclear weapons?
- Japan ranks 12th and Samoa ranks 12th of 246 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Bleek (2017); Nuclear Threat Initiative (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Country position on nuclear weapons. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Whether a country does not consider (0), considers (1), pursues (2), or possesses (3) nuclear weapons.