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	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	58	41 %	2019
Internet users - total	188	42844	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	7	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
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	26	0 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	200	455.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	131	22.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	34	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	145	68.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	52	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	44	19.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	111	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	95	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	40	5 %	2017
Labor force	187	33800 US Dollars	2011
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	1	2006 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - industry	27	27.5 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - services	1	2006 %	2006
Population below poverty line	74	22.5	2010
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	190	670.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	153	N/A US Dollars	2022
Taxes and other revenues	38	39.8 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	97	11.7	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	131	3.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	117	6.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	191	171000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	191	54.448 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	190	26000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	187	5.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	128	22.841 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	178	1200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	189	910 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	172	0.13 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	168	0.12 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	165	10.08 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	78	43.1	2018
Land use - arable land	43	22.2	2018
Land use - forest	127	12.5	2018
Land use - other	46	44.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	119	5.6	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	91	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	106	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	164	23.1	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	176	717 sq km	0
Area - total	177	747 sq km	0
Area - water	120	30189 sq km	0
Coastline	102	419 km	0
Elevation - highest point	120	1046 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	78	43.1	2018
Land use - arable land	43	22.2	2018
Land use - forest	127	12.5	2018
Land use - other	46	44.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	119	5.6	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	41	19.66	0175
Age structure - 25-54 years	151	35.35	8802
Age structure - 55-64 years	135	6.17	3202
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	144	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	121	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	150	0.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	77	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	65	20.31 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	95	0.8 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	96	29.3 %	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	10.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	9.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	47	68.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	48	58.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	101	0.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	95	0.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	0.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	18	6.6 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	104	12.41 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	78	79.23 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	55	75.89 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	77.53 years	0
Literacy - female	6	99.5 %	2018
Literacy - male	7	99.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	6	99.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	81	52 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	117	24.5 years	2020
Median age - male	112	23.6 years	0
Median age - total	109	24.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	43	24.9	2012
Net migration rate	175	18.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	5	48.2 %	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	99.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	102	1.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	103	1.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	0.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	17 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	41	15.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	22	46.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	22	31 %	2020
Total fertility rate	50	2.76 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	106	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	164	23.1	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	97	11.7	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	131	3.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	117	6.7	0
Transportation
Airports	114	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	111	32	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	142	184 km	2011
Roadways - total	144	680 km	2011
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.