Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Tonga
Tonga: Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) was 90 in 2013. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Tonga, 2004–2013
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2013, getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Tonga stood at 90. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Tonga peaked at 90 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 70, in 2004.
That places Tonga 12th out of 184 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 70 | — |
| 2005 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90 | +28.6% |
| 2012 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 90 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70 | 70 | 70 | 6 |
| 2010s | 85 | 70 | 90 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 12 Nigeria 90 compare
- 12 United States of America 90 compare
- 12 Albania 90 compare
- 12 Bahamas 90 compare
- 12 Bulgaria 90 compare
- 12 Cyprus 90 compare
- 12 Denmark 90 compare
- 12 Dominica 90 compare
- 12 Georgia 90 compare
- 12 Ireland 90 compare
- 12 Israel 90 compare
- 12 Marshall Islands 90 compare
- 12 Micronesia, Federated States of 90 compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 90 compare
- 12 Poland 90 compare
- 12 Romania 90 compare
- 12 Solomon Islands 90 compare
- 12 Sweden 90 compare
- 12 Trinidad and Tobago 90 compare
- 12 Ukraine 90 compare
- 12 Vanuatu 90 compare
- 12 Zambia 90 compare
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 27.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 67.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 44.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Tonga?
- Getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Tonga was 90 in 2013, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 90 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 in 2004.
- How does Tonga rank for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14)?
- Tonga ranks 12th out of 184 countries with data for 2013.
- Is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB05-14 studies.