International Rankings of Tonga 2024, 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	5.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	182	5000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	52	67.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	192	73700	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	10.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	189	10824	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	87	61.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	197	64328	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	207	196.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	207	212.000 million US Dollars	2019
Current account balance	83	19.188 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	192	189.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	125	2.27	N/A
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	22.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	39	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	155	68.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	55	24.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	46	19.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	117	20.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	106	59.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	61	38 %	2015
Imports	210	285.675 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	138	1.23 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	57	5.64 %	2021
Labor force	201	32000 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	79	23 %	2010
Public debt	102	49.41 % 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	133	6100 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	1	46	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	171	361.812 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	12	39.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	164	3.97 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	94	16.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	129	7.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	112	11.10 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	202	171000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	203	171000	2019
Electricity - consumption	200	54.448 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	199	26000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	195	5.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	133	22.841 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	187	1200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	203	910 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	175	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	83	43	2018
Land use - arable land	46	22	2018
Land use - forest	138	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	15	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	6	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	171	23	2023
Geography
Area - land	189	717 sq km	N/A
Area - total	192	747 sq km	N/A
Area - water	141	30 sq km	N/A
Coastline	115	419 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	129	1046 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	83	43	2018
Land use - arable land	46	22	2018
Land use - forest	138	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	15	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	6	2018
Population Density	84	146.75 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	33	2 % of GDP	2023
Population
Birth rate	64	20.00 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	29	3	2019
Child marriage - women married by age 18	62	10	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	86	1 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	98	29.30 %	2019
Current health expenditure	64	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	91	55 %	2023
Death rate	77	5.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	102	10.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	73	9.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	50	68.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	51	58.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	3	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	20	7 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	48	1.33 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	103	11.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	107	13.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	102	12.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	56	80 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	47	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	52	78 years	2023
Literacy - female	6	100 %	2021
Literacy - male	6	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	7	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	59	126.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	125	26 years	N/A
Median age - male	119	25 years	N/A
Median age - total	112	25 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	44	25	2012
Net migration rate	119	18.10 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	7	48.20 %	2016
Physicians density	110	0.95 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	191	105221	2023
Population growth rate	161	0.30 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	7	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	109	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	110	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	88	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.82 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	59	2.70 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	171	23	2023
Transportation
Airports	119	6	2024
Merchant marine - total	120	29	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	120	184 km	2011
Roadways - total	121	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.

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