International Rankings of Tonga 2022, 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	48	5.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	58	41.00 %	2019
Internet users - total	187	42844	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	7.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	176	7000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	109	59.43	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	189	62104	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	200	181.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	199	181.200 million US Dollars	2017
Current account balance	72	53.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	184	189.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	2	27.00	N/A
Exports	194	90.000 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	200	455.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	131	22.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	34	21.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	3	99.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	145	68.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	52	24.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	44	19.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	111	20.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	95	59.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	60	38 %	2015
Imports	192	300.000 million US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	40	5.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	28	7.40 %	2017
Labor force	187	33800 US Dollars	2011
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	1	2006 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - industry	27	28 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - services	1	2006 %	2006
Population below poverty line	74	23 %	2010
Public debt	93	48.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	197	670.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	67	2.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	127	6400 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	169	198.500 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	38	39.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	152	1.10 %	2011
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	97	11.70	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	131	3.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	117	6.70	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	191	171000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	192	171000	2019
Electricity - consumption	191	54.448 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	190	26000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	187	5.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	128	22.841 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	178	1200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	189	910 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	165	10 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	78	43	2018
Land use - arable land	43	22	2018
Land use - forest	127	13	2018
Land use - other	46	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	119	6	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	106	0.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	164	23	2022
Geography
Area - land	176	717 sq km	N/A
Area - total	177	747 sq km	N/A
Area - water	135	30 sq km	N/A
Coastline	103	419 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	116	1046 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	78	43	2018
Land use - arable land	43	22	2018
Land use - forest	127	13	2018
Land use - other	46	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	119	6	2018
Population Density	75	147.16 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	31	2 % of GDP	2020
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	41	19.66	0175
Age structure - 25-54 years	151	35.35	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	135	6.17	N/A
Birth rate	65	20.31 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	95	1 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	96	29.30 %	2019
Current health expenditure	61	5 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	156	4.95 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	93	10.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	9.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	47	68.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	48	58.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	3	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	18	7 % of GDP	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	103	11.37 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	111	13.43 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	104	12.41 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	78	79 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	55	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	78 years	N/A
Literacy - female	6	100 %	2018
Literacy - male	7	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	6	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	81	52.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	117	25 years	2020
Median age - male	112	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	109	24 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	43	25	2012
Net migration rate	175	18.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	5	48.20 %	2016
Physicians density	107	0.95 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	179	105517	2022
Population growth rate	150	0.26 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	7	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	102	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	103	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	17 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	15 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	0.99	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.06	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.70 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	41	15 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	22	47 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	22	31 %	2020
Total fertility rate	50	2.76 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	106	0.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	164	23	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	97	11.70	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	131	3.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	117	6.70	N/A
Transportation
Airports	114	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	5	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	111	32	N/A
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	1.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	142	184 km	2011
Roadways - total	144	680 km	2011

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tonga 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tonga 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.