Real GDP growth in Tonga

Real GDP in Tonga changed by 2.8% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1982 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tonga, 2025 2.8% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +1.1percentage points 2024: 1.7%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 112th of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Tonga over time

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

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period TongaWorld
2025 2.8% 2.9%
2024 1.7% 2.9%
2023 2.8% 2.9%
2022 -2.1% 3.4%
2021 -0.9% 6.5%
2020 1.8% -2.9%
2019 -0.3% 2.7%
2018 0.5% 3.3%
2017 3.2% 3.4%
2016 6.6% 2.8%
2015 1.1% 3.1%
2014 2.0% 3.2%
2013 0.4% 2.9%
2012 0.9% 2.7%
2011 6.7% 3.3%
2010 0.8% 4.5%
2009 -5.1% -1.3%
2008 4.9% 2.1%
2007 -2.5% 4.4%
2006 -2.2% 4.5%
2005 -0.7% 4.1%
2004 -2.0% 4.5%
2003 0.1% 3.1%
2002 4.4% 2.3%
2001 1.5% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 1.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Tonga has the 112th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1982 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices