Sri Lanka vs Tonga: Sovereign state
Sri Lanka
1
in 2025
Tonga
1
in 2025
Sri Lanka rank
1st
Tonga rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Sri Lanka
- Tonga
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1 against 1 in Tonga, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Tonga ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 1st and Tonga ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Tonga | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Sri Lanka |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| 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, Sri Lanka or Tonga?
- Sri Lanka, at 1 against 1 in Tonga as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Sri Lanka and Tonga?
- 0, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Tonga?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Sri Lanka and Tonga rank globally for sovereign state?
- Sri Lanka 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.