Tonga vs Uruguay: Electoral democracy
Tonga
1
in 2025
Uruguay
1
in 2025
Tonga rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Tonga
- Uruguay
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 1 against 1 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
Across all 181 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Tonga or Uruguay?
- Tonga, at 1 against 1 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Tonga and Uruguay?
- 0, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Uruguay?
- 181 years are reported by both, from 1845 to 2025.
- How do Tonga and Uruguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Tonga ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral 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 using the reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).