Employment in industry in Tonga
23.3% of employed people in Tonga worked in industry in 2025.
Tonga, 2025
23.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
23.7%
Position in 2025
51st of 182
Employment in industry in Tonga over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.3% | 23.7% |
| 2024 | 23.3% | 23.6% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | 23.5% |
| 2022 | 24.9% | 23.6% |
| 2021 | 27.4% | 23.6% |
| 2020 | 26.8% | 23.3% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | 23.5% |
| 2018 | 26.1% | 23.5% |
| 2017 | 26.0% | 23.4% |
| 2016 | 25.6% | 23.3% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | 23.3% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | 23.5% |
| 2013 | 25.4% | 23.5% |
| 2012 | 25.8% | 23.6% |
| 2011 | 25.9% | 23.2% |
| 2010 | 24.6% | 22.9% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | 22.5% |
| 2008 | 26.6% | 22.6% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | 22.5% |
| 2006 | 27.1% | 21.9% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | 21.4% |
| 2004 | 28.8% | 21.0% |
| 2003 | 29.9% | 20.6% |
| 2002 | 30.4% | 20.6% |
| 2001 | 29.9% | 20.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 23.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 25.7%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Tonga has the 51st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 23.7%.
More for Tonga
All statistics for Tonga
Employment in agriculture
23.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in services
53.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
49.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
42.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT