Thailand vs Tonga: Universal right to vote in practice

Thailand

in 2025

Tonga

in 2025

Thailand rank

1st

Tonga rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Thailand
Tonga

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 16 times across 181 shared years of data; in 1845 it was Tonga ahead.

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

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Thailand
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).