Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Tonga
Tonga: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 4,452 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Tonga, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Tonga stood at 4,452 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Tonga peaked at 4,452 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,544 USD, in 1970.
Tonga ranks 138th of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,544 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,553 USD | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,563 USD | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 1,568 USD | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 1,577 USD | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 1,576 USD | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,550 USD | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 1,601 USD | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 1,624 USD | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,648 USD | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 1,904 USD | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 2,167 USD | +13.8% |
| 1982 | 2,485 USD | +14.7% |
| 1983 | 2,630 USD | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 2,676 USD | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 2,851 USD | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 2,911 USD | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 2,987 USD | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,913 USD | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 2,912 USD | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,844 USD | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 3,020 USD | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 3,024 USD | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 3,134 USD | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 3,287 USD | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 3,381 USD | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 3,382 USD | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,347 USD | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 3,400 USD | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 3,456 USD | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 3,564 USD | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 3,595 USD | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 3,735 USD | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 3,716 USD | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 3,625 USD | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 3,589 USD | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 3,491 USD | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 3,389 USD | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,540 USD | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 3,350 USD | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 3,371 USD | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 3,595 USD | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 3,684 USD | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 3,656 USD | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 3,745 USD | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 3,805 USD | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 4,078 USD | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 4,216 USD | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 4,236 USD | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 4,223 USD | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 4,297 USD | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 4,322 USD | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,240 USD | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 4,346 USD | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 4,452 USD | +2.4% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 4,452 USD is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,583 USD, 68% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 4,452 USD is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,822 USD, 92% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,580 USD | 1,544 USD | 1,648 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,644 USD | 1,904 USD | 2,987 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,227 USD | 2,844 USD | 3,456 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,559 USD | 3,350 USD | 3,735 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,861 USD | 3,371 USD | 4,236 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,331 USD | 4,240 USD | 4,452 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More economy & growth data for Tonga
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.3875 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0382 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 250.19 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.3665 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0279 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 182.69 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0209 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Tonga?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Tonga was 4,452 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4,452 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,544 USD in 1970.
- How does Tonga rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Tonga ranks 138th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).