Starting a business - Score in Tonga
Tonga: Starting a business - Score was 90.95 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Tonga, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Tonga is 90.95, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Tonga peaked at 90.95 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 85.66, in 2003.
Tonga ranks 63rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 85.66 | — |
| 2004 | 85.94 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 86.21 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 86.39 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 86.32 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 88.23 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 88.4 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 88.56 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 90.41 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 90.69 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 90.76 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 90.77 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90.75 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 90.85 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 90.81 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 90.88 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 90.95 | +0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 90.95 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 90.95 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.74 | 85.66 | 88.4 | 7 |
| 2010s | 90.54 | 88.56 | 90.95 | 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 - score in Tonga?
- Starting a business - score in Tonga was 90.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 90.95 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.66 in 2003.
- How does Tonga rank for starting a business - score?
- Tonga ranks 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.