International Rankings of Tonga 2023, 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	49	5	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	182	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	52	67 %	2021
Internet users - total	192	73700	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	10	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	181	11000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	88	61	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	195	64000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	207	196.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	207	212.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	30	0 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	82	19.188 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	192	189.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	212	58.745 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	214	455.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	141	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	155	68.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	55	24.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	46	19.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	117	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	106	59.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	61	37.6 %	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	209	285.675 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	138	1.23 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	56	5.64 %	2021
Labor force	201	32000 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	1	2006 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - industry	29	27.5 %	2006
Labor force - by occupation - services	1	2006 %	2006
Population below poverty line	79	22.5 %	2010
Public debt	92	51.8 % of GDP	2016
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	212	651.247 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	187	2.67 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	136	6100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	171	361.812 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	12	39.8 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	164	3.97 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	94	16.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	129	7.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	112	11.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	202	171000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	200	54.448 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	199	26000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	195	5.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	133	22.841 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	187	1200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	203	910 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	179	0.13 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	0.12 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	171	10.08 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	83	43.1	2018
Land use - arable land	46	22.2	2018
Land use - forest	138	12.5	2018
Land use - other	50	44.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	15.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	5.6	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	171	23.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	190	717 sq km	0
Area - total	191	747 sq km	0
Area - water	127	30189 sq km	0
Coastline	115	419 km	0
Elevation - highest point	135	1046 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	83	43.1	2018
Land use - arable land	46	22.2	2018
Land use - forest	138	12.5	2018
Land use - other	50	44.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	15.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	5.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	31	2.1 % of GDP	2020
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	149	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	125	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	155	0.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	80	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	67	20.02 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	0.8 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	98	29.3 %	2019
Current health expenditure	64	5.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	91	54.9 %	2023
Death rate	173	4.95 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	102	10.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	73	9.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	50	68.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	51	58.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	106	0.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	98	0.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	0.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	20	6.6 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	47	1.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	112	11.09 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	120	13.09 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	113	12.1 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	87	79.47 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	60	76.14 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	74	77.78 years	0
Literacy - female	6	99.5 %	2021
Literacy - male	6	99.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	7	99.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	59	126 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	125	24.5 years	2020
Median age - male	119	23.6 years	0
Median age - total	119	24.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	44	24.9	2012
Net migration rate	196	18.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	7	48.2 %	2016
Physicians density	110	0.95 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	192	105221	2023
Population growth rate	156	0.3 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	7	99.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	109	1.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	110	1.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	88	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	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.82 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	44	15.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	24	46.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	25	31 %	2020
Total fertility rate	55	2.7 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	171	23.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	94	16.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	129	7.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	112	11.1	0
Transportation
Airports	117	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	93	51000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	120	32	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	152	184 km	2011
Roadways - total	166	680 km	2011
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tonga 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tonga 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.