Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Tonga
Tonga: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Tonga, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Tonga is 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Tonga peaked at 0.0955 million SLC per square kilometre in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.0431 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1970.
Tonga ranks 162nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Tonga, year by year
| Year | million SLC per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0431 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0444 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0452 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0458 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0483 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0478 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0478 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0564 million SLC per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0608 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0608 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0738 million SLC per square kilometre | +21.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0912 million SLC per square kilometre | +23.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0955 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0651 million SLC per square kilometre | -31.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0834 million SLC per square kilometre | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0829 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0785 million SLC per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0718 million SLC per square kilometre | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0773 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0854 million SLC per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0837 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0786 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0778 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0823 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 0.07 million SLC per square kilometre | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0674 million SLC per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 0.07 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0711 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0717 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0741 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0722 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0724 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0739 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0759 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.079 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0747 million SLC per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0727 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0671 million SLC per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0654 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.064 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0643 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0659 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0672 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0685 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0692 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0713 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0765 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0777 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0763 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0727 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0753 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0808 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0645 million SLC per square kilometre | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre | -13.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4142 million SLC per square kilometre, 14% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8607 million SLC per square kilometre, 7% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -31.8% | 0.0955 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0651 million SLC per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.05 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0431 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0608 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0805 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0651 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0955 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0747 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0674 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0837 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0717 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.064 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.079 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.071 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0643 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0777 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0692 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0808 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 159 Georgia 0.064 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 160 Ecuador 0.0634 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 161 Dominica 0.0608 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 163 Azerbaijan 0.0558 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 164 Fiji 0.0538 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 165 Latvia 0.0513 million SLC per square kilometre compare
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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.25 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 12.03 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -12.08 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -560.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0187 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -115.95 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 9.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Tonga?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Tonga was 0.056 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0955 million SLC per square kilometre in 1982.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0431 million SLC per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Tonga rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Tonga ranks 162nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.