Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Tonga
Tonga: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 84.42 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Tonga, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Tonga stood at 84.42. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Tonga peaked at 84.42 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 68.34, in 2003.
Tonga ranks 119th 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: Time - Men (days) - Score in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 68.34 | — |
| 2004 | 68.34 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 68.34 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 68.34 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 68.34 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 75.38 | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 75.38 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 75.38 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 84.42 | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 84.42 | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 84.42 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 95% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 84.42 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 87.62, 96% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.35 | 68.34 | 75.38 | 7 |
| 2010s | 83.52 | 75.38 | 84.42 | 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: time - men (days) - score in Tonga?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Tonga was 84.42 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 84.42 in 2011.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.34 in 2003.
- How does Tonga rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Tonga ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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: Time - Men (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time 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.