Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Tonga
Tonga: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 97.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Tonga, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 97.0% for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Tonga peaked at 97.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 92.0%, in 2003.
That places Tonga 81st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 92.0% | — |
| 2004 | 93.1% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 94.2% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 94.8% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 94.6% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 95.2% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 95.9% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 96.5% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 94.9% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 96.0% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 96.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 96.2% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 96.6% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 96.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 97.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.2% | 92.0% | 95.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 96.3% | 94.9% | 97.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
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 starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Tonga?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Tonga was 97.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.0% in 2003.
- How does Tonga rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Tonga ranks 81st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the cost for men 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.