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

Shanghai Expo 2010 Hosts Pacific Pavilion

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

October 2010: Expo 2010 Shanghai China is taking place from 1 May-31 October 2010, under the theme “Better City – Better Life.” A Pacific Pavilion hosts exhibitions by Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Niue, as well as the South Pacific Tourism Organisation and the Pacific Islands Forum. With the theme of “Pacific Ocean – Spring of Inspiration,” the Pacific Pavilion...

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World Bank Supports Tsunami Recovery in Tonga

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

19 October 2010: The World Bank has approved a US$5 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to assist the Government of Tonga in constructing 85 cyclone-resistant houses and rehabilitating a further 60 houses to recover the living standard of the population affected by the tsunami in 2009. This will be accomplished through reconstruction of residential houses with auxiliary water facilities in Niuatoputapu and strengthening the capacity to address future natural disasters. In...

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UN-REDD and Japan Support REDD+ in Asia-Pacific

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

25 October 2010: The Japan-UN Development Programme (UNDP) Partnership Fund approved a project titled “Promoting Regional REDD+ Approach and REDD+ Readiness in Under-Supported Regions of Asia/Pacific.” The project, which is being applied by the UN-REDD Programme’s Asia-Pacific team, aims to harmonize REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon...

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