Palau vs Tonga: Universal right to vote in practice

Palau

in 2025

Tonga

in 2025

Palau rank

1st

Tonga rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Palau
Tonga

How they compare

Palau currently reports 2 against 2 in Tonga, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Tonga ahead.

Palau ranks 1st and Tonga ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Palau
Universal right to vote in practice in Tonga
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Universal right to vote in practice
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Indicates whether virtually all adult citizens have the right to vote in practice (score 2), only men have broad voting rights in practice (score 1), or there are no broad voting rights in practice (score 0).