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
03 Oct 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
28 September 2012: On the fourth day of the General Debate of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, and Sao Tome and Principe addressed the Assembly. SIDS highlighted the importance of addressing climate change and agreeing on post-2015 development goals. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, called on the Assembly to assist in the fight...
01 Oct 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
28 September 2012: On the fifth day of the High-level Debate of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea addressed the Assembly. Both Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) underscored the urgent need to address climate change. In his address, Apisai Ielemia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, stressed that most of the UN’s work on SIDS over the past two decades has focused on stating and continually reiterating the challenges problems...
18 Sep 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) has released a study on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CAA) in the Pacific, titled “Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: an institutional and policy analysis.” The study analyzes the level of integration of DRR and CCA activities across the region. The 67-page report includes analysis of seven Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, the...
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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Central Planning Department