Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Tonga
Tonga: Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 80.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
80.5%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
16th
of 208 countries
All-time high
81.9%
in 2022
All-time low
56.6%
in 2003
Years of data
23
2003–2025
Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Tonga, 2003–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Tonga stood at 80.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Tonga peaked at 81.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 56.6%, in 2003.
Tonga ranks 16th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 56.6% | — |
| 2004 | 67.2% | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 67.4% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 65.2% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 62.7% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 62.7% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.0% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 70.0% | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 72.4% | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 72.4% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 72.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 73.0% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 73.0% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 73.0% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 70.7% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 72.5% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 75.1% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 76.9% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 76.8% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 81.9% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 79.2% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 79.8% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 80.5% | +0.9% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 80.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 59.2%, 1.4× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 80.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 73.3%, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.8% | 56.6% | 67.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 72.4% | 70.0% | 75.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.2% | 76.8% | 81.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 13 Samoa 80.8% compare
- 14 Japan 80.5% compare
- 15 Barbados 80.5% compare
- 17 American Samoa 80.2% compare
- 18 Costa Rica 79.9% compare
- 19 New Zealand 79.6% compare
More reference data data for Tonga
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 9.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Tonga?
- Political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Tonga was 80.5% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.6% in 2003.
- How does Tonga rank for political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for?
- Tonga ranks 16th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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