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Tonga GDP and Economic Data

Country Report 2017 - Includes Tonga real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Tonga economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Tonga best banks and safest banks are also available.

 
 
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Central bank

National Reserve Bank of Tonga

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International Reserves

USD 0.2 billion (2015)

International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017

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Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 0.4 billion (2017, estimate)

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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

Intl$ 0.6 billion (2017, estimate)

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Real GDP growth
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
-2.5% -0.6% 2.7% 3% 3.2% 1.8% -1.1%
2013 2014 2015* 2016* 2017*    
-0.6% 2.9% 3.4% 2.7% 2.4%    

*Estimate

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GDP per capita - current prices

USD 4,256.9 (2017, estimate)

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GDP per capita - PPP

Intl$ 5,565.7 (2017, estimate)

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GDP (PPP) - share of world total
1980 1990 2000 2010 2017
0% 0% 0% 0% N/A

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GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 19.2% 
  • industry: 20.6% 
  • services: 60.1%

(2016 estimate)

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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

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Inflation
2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
1.5% 1.2% -0.1% 0.1% 1.5%

*Estimate

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Unemployment rate
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

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Household saving rates

N/A

 

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Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2013 2014 2015 2015 2017
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

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Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2013 2014 2015* 2016* 2017*
-0.2% 0.4% -1.1% -1.3% -0.1%

*Estimate   

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Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's: N/A

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)

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Market value of publicly traded shares
2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A
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Largest companies

N/A

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Current account balance

USD -0.1 billion (2017 estimate)

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Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-11.5% (2017 estimate)

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Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

17.5% (2015)

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Shares in world total merchandising export

0.0% (2015)​

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Shares in world total commercial services export

0.001% (2015)

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Total exports

USD 35.0 million (2016 estimate)

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Export commodities

Squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops

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Total imports

USD 0.3 billion (2016 estimate)

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Import commodities

Foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

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Exports - major partners

Japan 16%, US 15.4%, Fiji 12.8%, NZ 12.5%, South Korea 11%, Samoa 10.7%, Australia 7.5%, American Samoa 6.8% (2015)

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Imports - major partners

Fiji 37.7%, NZ 21.2%, China 14.2%, US 6.4%, Australia 4.5% (2015)

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FDI inflows
2013 2014 2015
USD 51 million USD 56 million USD 13 million
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FDI outflows
2013 2014 2015
USD 7.5 million USD 11.5 million USD 5.3 million
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Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2012 2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )

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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )

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Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking: 85 out of 190 countries (2017)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 55 out of 190 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 92 out of 190 countries

Registering Property: 158 out of 190 countries

Getting Credit: 44 out of 190 countries

Protecting Minority Investors: 123 out of 190 countries

Trading Across Borders: 100 out of 190 countries

Paying Taxes: 80 out of 190 countries

Dealing with Construction Permits: 14 out of 190 countries

Getting Electricity: 67 out of 190 countries

Resolving Insolvency: 132 out of 190 countries

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Global competitiveness ranking

N/A

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Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 95 / Score: 59.63 (Mostly unfree) (2016)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

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Time zone

UTC+13

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Total area

747 sq km

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Capital

Nuku'alofa

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Currency

pa'anga (TOP)

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Government type

Constitutional monarchy

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Languages

English and Tongan 87%, Tongan (official) 10.7%, English (official) 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.03% (2006 est.)

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Religions

Protestant 64.9% (includes Free Wesleyan Church 37.3%, Free Church of Tonga 11.4%, Church of Tonga 7.2%, Tokaikolo Christian Church 2.6%, Assembly of God 2.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.2%, Constitutional Church of Tonga 0.9%, Anglican 0.8% and Full Gospel Church 0.2%), Mormon 16.8%, Roman Catholic 15.6%, other 1.1%, none 0.03%, unspecified 1.7% (2006 est.)

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Total population
1990 2000 2010 2016* 2021*
0.095 million 0.099 million 0.103 million 0.105 million 0.106 million

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Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2015
18% 21% 23% 24%
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Population median age

22.6 years (2016 estimate)

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Population growth rate

-0.01% (2016 estimate)

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Life expectancy

76.2 years (2016 estimate)

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Literacy

Total population: 99.4%
Male: 99.3%
Female: 99.4% (2015 est.)

(can read and write Tongan and/or English)

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% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

N/A

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Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

N/A

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Freedom House rating

Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)                         

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)

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Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed 12.43%   Mobile 69.09% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

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Internet users as % of total population

45% (2015)

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Mercer Cost of living index

N/A

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CO2 emissions

2.0 (2013)

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World's Best Subcustodian Banks

2004
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