Russia vs Tonga: Sovereign state
Russia
1
in 2025
Tonga
1
in 2025
Russia rank
1st
Tonga rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Russia
- Tonga
How they compare
Russia currently reports 1 against 1 in Tonga, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Russia ahead.
Russia ranks 1st and Tonga ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Russia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Russia | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Russia |
| 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, Russia or Tonga?
- Russia, at 1 against 1 in Tonga as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Russia and Tonga?
- 0, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and Tonga?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Russia and Tonga rank globally for sovereign state?
- Russia ranks 1st and Tonga ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – 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 Gleditsch and Ward dataset.