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
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...
10 Dec 2011 | 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...
10 Dec 2011 | 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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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Central Planning Department