Tonga

Location

Nukuʻalofa
Tonga
21° 10' 0.12" S, 175° 11' 60" W
Capital City: 
Nuku'alofa
Languages: 
Tongan, English
Category: Social
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 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 2009 2010 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 2010 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 2010 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 2002
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2004: The 35th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) took place from 5-7 August 2004, in Apia, Samoa, bringing together Heads of State and Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu, and representatives of Palau and Vanuatu. The Forum approved the Terms of Reference for the preparation of the Pacific Plan – a plan that aims to...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
6 February 2009: In a closed meeting convened by the Permanent Mission of Tonga and the Pacific Small Island Developing States, informal consultations were held on 6 February 2009, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) draft resolution on “Security and climate change” (A/63/L.8). The threat posed by climate change to security and prosperity emerged at the Sixth UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum in July 2008, and has gained prominence in the UNGA with this draft...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
20 February 2009: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized the Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum, titled “Connecting the Unconnected,” which convened in Nukualofa, Tonga, from 17-20 February 2009. The meeting gathered 13 information and communication technology (ICT) ministers from Pacific Island Countries who issued a joint communiqué calling for, inter alia: greater coordination among partners to minimize overlap and maximize the impact of investments in ICT development...
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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Central Planning Department