East Timor vs Tonga: Sovereign state
East Timor
1
in 2025
Tonga
1
in 2025
East Timor rank
1st
Tonga rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- East Timor
- Tonga
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 1 against 1 in Tonga, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
East Timor ranks 1st and Tonga ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Tonga |
| 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, East Timor or Tonga?
- East Timor, at 1 against 1 in Tonga as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between East Timor and Tonga?
- 0, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Tonga?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do East Timor and Tonga rank globally for sovereign state?
- East Timor 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.