Foreign direct investment inflows in Tonga

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Tonga were 2.6% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

Tonga, 2025 2.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +4.5percentage points 2024: -1.9%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 73rd of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Tonga over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period TongaWorld
2025 2.6% 1.4%
2024 -1.9% 1.2%
2023 0.8% 0.9%
2022 0.5% 1.9%
2021 0.0% 2.5%
2020 0.8% 1.3%
2019 -1.2% 2.2%
2018 4.7% 1.2%
2017 -3.4% 2.7%
2016 4.0% 3.5%
2015 3.4% 3.6%
2014 3.0% 2.4%
2013 1.4% 2.6%
2012 -0.2% 2.7%
2011 1.8% 3.2%
2010 1.3% 2.7%
2009 0.1% 2.4%
2008 6.2% 3.7%
2007 5.9% 5.3%
2006 3.8% 4.2%
2005 2.3% 3.3%
2004 2.4% 2.2%
2003 0.1% 1.9%
2002 2.6% 2.1%
2001 4.2% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.5 percentage points from -1.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.4%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Tonga has the 73rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 to 2025 for Tonga
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics