Indicators of economy in Tonga
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.915 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Tonga reached 4.625 US dollars per inhabitant, or 488.83 m US Dollar in the whole country. Tonga is currently at number 202 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Tonga is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 129.Inflation in Tonga was in 2020 at around -0.35%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.
Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 24.1% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.
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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020
Overall, the gross domestic product in Tonga in 2020 decreased moderatly from 512.35 million US Dollar to 488.83 million US Dollar. Certainly, there have been shifts in some sectors of the economy, but a minus of 4.6% is still comparatively good this year. Numerous countries suffered more substantial losses. The tourism sector alone slumped by around 16 percent. The unemployment rate rose from 3.1 to 3.6 percent. The inflation rate has fallen from 1.2 percent previously to -0.3 percent by the end of 2020.Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2021
Economic performance 2020
Tonga Total | Tonga per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 488.83 m USD | 4,624.82 USD | 15,291.93 tn USD | 29,692.11 USD |
Gross national product | 549.08 m USD | 5,194.83 USD | 15,330.84 tn USD | 29,767.66 USD |
Development of gross domestic product in million US Dollar 1975 - 2020
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› Cost of living in a global comparison
Im- and Exports 2020
Tonga Total | Tonga per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 309.69 m USD | 2,929.98 USD | 7,340.01 bn USD | 14,251.98 USD |
Exports | 99.78 m USD | 944.02 USD | 7,939.04 bn USD | 15,415.11 USD |
Development of imports and exports in million US dollars 1971 - 2020
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