Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Tonga
Tonga: Starting a business: Time - Men was 16 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Men in Tonga, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men in Tonga stood at 16 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Tonga peaked at 32 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 16 days, in 2011.
Tonga ranks 69th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Tonga, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 32 days | — |
| 2004 | 32 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 32 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 32 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 32 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25 days | -21.9% |
| 2009 | 25 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 25 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 16 days | -36.0% |
| 2012 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 days | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 16 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 16 days is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.82 days, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30 days | 25 days | 32 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 16.9 days | 16 days | 25 days | 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 in Tonga?
- Starting a business: time - men in Tonga was 16 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 32 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 days in 2011.
- How does Tonga rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Tonga ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Men (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time for men captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five male married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no extra payments. It is calulared in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to start and operate a business, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is one day, except for procedures that can be fully completed online, for which the time required is recorded as half a day.