Tonga vs Zambia: Sovereign state
Tonga
1
in 2025
Zambia
1
in 2025
Tonga rank
1st
Zambia rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Tonga
- Zambia
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 1 against 1 in Zambia, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Zambia | 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Zambia |
| 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, Tonga or Zambia?
- Tonga, at 1 against 1 in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Tonga and Zambia?
- 0, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Zambia?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Tonga and Zambia rank globally for sovereign state?
- Tonga ranks 1st and Zambia 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.