International Rankings of Tonga 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Tonga, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Tonga, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	130	3.49	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	184	3703	0
Internet users - percent of population	147	41.25 %	2018
Internet users - total	194	43889	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	140	6.25	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	196	6637	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	186	58.48	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	196	62104	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	208	181.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	207	181.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	30	0 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	74	57.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	82	61.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	40	90.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	72	72.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	207	455.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	137	22.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	39	21.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	3	99.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	151	68.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	54	24.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	46	19.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	116	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	99	59.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	41	5 %	2017
Labor force	193	33800 US Dollars	2011
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	1	2006 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - industry	28	27.5 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - services	1	2006 %	2006
Population below poverty line	77	22.5	2010
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	196	667.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	134	6383 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	40	39.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	199	139700	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	199	48.360 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	25	74	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	16	26	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	199	20300 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	195	52.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	164	900	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	196	910 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	175	0.13 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	172	0.12 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	168	10.08 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	81	43.1	2018
Land use - arable land	45	22.2	2018
Land use - forest	136	12.5	2018
Land use - other	48	44.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	15.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	126	5.6	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	92	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	109	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	173	23.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	186	717 sq km	0
Area - total	186	747 sq km	0
Area - water	123	30189 sq km	0
Coastline	109	419 km	0
Elevation - highest point	123	1046 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	81	43.1	2018
Land use - arable land	45	22.2	2018
Land use - forest	136	12.5	2018
Land use - other	48	44.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	15.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	126	5.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	42	19.66 %	0175
Age structure - 25-54 years	161	35.35 %	8802
Age structure - 55-64 years	144	6.17 %	3202
Birth rate	66	20.6 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	99	29.3 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	59	5.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	170	4.95 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	84	10 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	70	10 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	46	68.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	50	58.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	43	2.6 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	107	11.65 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	115	13.77 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	109	12.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	83	78.99 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	57	75.63 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	72	77.29 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	82	52	2017
Median age - female	121	24.5 years	2020
Median age - male	114	23.6 years	0
Median age - total	114	24.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	39	24.9	2012
Net migration rate	182	17.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	7	48.2 %	2016
Physicians density	121	0.54 physicians/1,000 population	2013
Population	186	105780	2021
Population growth rate	153	0.23 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	29	96.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	98	6.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	79	5.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	78	3.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	18	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	51	2.81 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	87	13.1	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	116	5.7	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	108	8.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	109	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	173	23.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	116	6	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	148	184 km	2011
Roadways - total	148	680 km	2011
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Tonga on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tonga 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tonga 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.