Tonga

Capital City:

Nuku'alofa

Languages:

Tongan, English

Category: Social
Indicator	2001	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	96.099999999999994	95.40000000000001	98.5						MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage				3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.1	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)				99.019999999999996					World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	7	7	6	10	13	15	16					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	98,587	99,102	99,749	100,475	101,205	101,879	102,495	103,066	103,566	103,967	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.357684	0.521022	0.650741	0.725191	0.723922	0.663767	0.602818	0.555554	0.483953	0.386445	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)											World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index	0.651					0.663	0.67	0.671	0.673	0.675	0.677	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	3,450	3,580	3,830	3,960	4,080	4,130	4,310	4,390	4,540	4,570	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	12.13	15.08	14.77	15.91	9.66	15.17	8.86	11.79	9.61		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)		53,000,000	66,000,000	55,820,000	67,581,000	65,970,000	72,003,000	99,548,000	99,548,000		UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	121	139	143	176	172	172	172	176				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	100					100			100			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	2.52	2.53	2.53	2.53	2.53	2.53	2.53	2.53	2.53	2.53		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
Disaster management Strategy - Tonga	Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change Adaption and Disaster Risk Management 2010-2015		2010
Energy Strategy - Tonga	Tonga Energy Road Map 2010-2020		2010
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Tonga	The Kingdom of Tonga's initial national communication in response to its commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Strategy Description	2005
NBSAP - Tonga	Fourth Report Review of Tonga National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan	Strategy Description	2010
NSDS - Tonga	Social Aspects of Sustainable Development in Tonga, 2002	Strategy Description National Information / National Reports	2002

Asia-Pacific 3R Forum Adopts Waste Management Goals

Date: 25 Mar 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

23 March 2013: The Fourth Regional 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) Forum in Asia and the Pacific convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, from 18-20 March 2013, addressing the theme of “3Rs in the Context of the Rio+20 Outcomes – The Future We Want.” The meeting focused on waste minimization, reuse and recycling issues in various sectors, including agriculture, industry and energy. It also adopted the Ha Noi 3R Declaration, which sets out 30 waste management goals to be achieved by 2023. Organized by the UN...

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Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Project Focuses on Gender

Date: 18 Mar 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

15 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project, jointly funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), is making gender a key consideration in its efforts to build resilience to climate change in Pacific island countries. According to SPREP, when national adaptation activities are designed, gender-sensitive criteria...

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SPREP Launches Best Practice Waste Management Training in the Pacific

Date: 13 Mar 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques. The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...

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