Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Tonga
Tonga: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 89.57 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Tonga, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Tonga stood at 89.57. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Tonga peaked at 89.57 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 86.09, in 2009.
That places Tonga 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 86.09 | — |
| 2010 | 86.09 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.57 | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 89.57 | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 89.57 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76.96, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 89.57 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.87, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.09 | 86.09 | 86.09 | 1 |
| 2010s | 89.22 | 86.09 | 89.57 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 38 Mozambique 90.43 compare
- 39 Russia 90.13 compare
- 40 Antigua and Barbuda 89.57 compare
- 40 Finland 89.57 compare
- 43 Chile 89.13 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 electricity: time (days) - score in Tonga?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Tonga was 89.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 89.57 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.09 in 2009.
- How does Tonga rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Tonga ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.