Kingdom of Tonga
Country Information
Capital City
Nuku’alofa
Government and Legal Status
Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State
His Majesty, King Tupou George VI
Head of Government
Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni
Official Languages
English
Tongan
Official Currency
Pa’anga
Memberships
1970 – Member of the Commonwealth
1971 – Pacific Forum Secretariat (PIF)
1983 – Pacific Community (SPC)
1984 – International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
1999 – United Nations
2000 – International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
2013 – PRIF
Key Development Policies
Linked Documents
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Tonga JNAP II 2018 - 2028.pdf19.94 MB
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Tonga INDC.pdf984.67 KB
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Tonga Energy Strategy.pdf1.37 MB
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Tonga Climate Change Policy 2016.pdf654.65 KB
Infrastructure Indicators
Telecommunication
| Proportion of population covered by mobile network (2G) (2018) | 98.0% |
| Proportion of population covered by mobile network (3G) (2018) | 96.0% |
| Proportion of population covered by mobile network (LTE/WiMAX) (2018) | 65.0% |
Energy
| Proportion of population with access to electricity (2017) | 98.0% |
| Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption (2017) | 1.5% |
| Average annual mean of particulate matter of 2.5 microns in diameter or smaller levels in urban areas (ug/m3) | 10.2 |
| CO2 emission (metric tons/per capita) (2014) | 1.19 |
Transport
| Fua’amotu and Vava’u International Airports | 2 |
| Total road network (km) | 680 |
| Paved road network as % of total network | 27% |
| Number of international ports | 3 |
Water & Sanitation
| Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (2017) | 91.7% |
| Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap & water (2017) | 99.8% |
| Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation (2017) | 93.5% |
| Percentage of population using least basic drinking services (2017) | 99.9% |
Climate Resilience-Related Risk Indexes
| INFORM natural hazard index | 5.2 |
| Physical exposure to earthquake | 7.7 |
| Physical exposure to flood | 0.1 |
| Physical exposure to tsunami | 8.0 |
| Physical exposure to tropical cyclones | 6.2 |
* Sources: download the respective country profile document for sources for above data
Profile Document