Tonga vs Vanuatu: Democracy
Tonga
7
in 2025
Vanuatu
7
in 2025
Tonga rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 7 against 7 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.
Across all 120 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Vanuatu |
| 1980s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 1.8 | 7 | 5.2 | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 6.2 | 7 | 0.8 | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Tonga or Vanuatu?
- Tonga, at 7 against 7 in Vanuatu as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Tonga and Vanuatu?
- 0, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Vanuatu?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1906 to 2025.
- How do Tonga and Vanuatu rank globally for democracy?
- Tonga ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).