Lower middle income vs Tonga: Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Lower middle income
0.0581 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Tonga
0.2352 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
27th
Tonga rank
29th

Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Tonga
0.050.10.150.20.25197520002025

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.2352 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0581 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.1771 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Tonga's figure about 4.0 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.

Lower middle income ranks 27th and Tonga ranks 29th of 44 groups.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Tonga Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0467 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1051 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0584 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
1980s 0.0373 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1499 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1126 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
1990s 0.0472 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1401 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0929 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
2000s 0.0586 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1293 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0707 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
2010s 0.0536 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1617 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1081 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
2020s 0.0515 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2012 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1497 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Lower middle income or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.2352 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0581 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Lower middle income and Tonga?
0.1771 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Tonga?
42 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Tonga rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Lower middle income ranks 27th and Tonga ranks 29th of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,662 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.