Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Tonga
Tonga: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 72.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Tonga, 1971–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Tonga is 72.3%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 15.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Tonga peaked at 88.6% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 2021.
That places Tonga 37th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 75.6% | — |
| 1972 | 78.0% | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 85.8% | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 87.5% | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 81.7% | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 88.6% | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 78.6% | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 75.1% | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 69.3% | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 71.0% | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 79.6% | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 55.4% | -30.4% |
| 1983 | 78.4% | +41.4% |
| 1984 | 65.2% | -16.8% |
| 1985 | 62.8% | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 66.3% | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 76.1% | +14.8% |
| 1988 | 67.6% | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 68.7% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 66.3% | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 68.6% | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 59.6% | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 71.8% | +20.5% |
| 1994 | 73.9% | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 42.7% | -42.3% |
| 2002 | 30.1% | -29.3% |
| 2003 | 41.2% | +36.7% |
| 2004 | 56.0% | +35.9% |
| 2005 | 67.0% | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 55.4% | -17.3% |
| 2007 | 67.6% | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 51.1% | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 61.4% | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 55.3% | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 65.3% | +18.0% |
| 2012 | 66.0% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 59.7% | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 65.3% | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 67.8% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 69.1% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 62.8% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 55.7% | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 60.7% | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 60.1% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | -61.8% |
| 2022 | 23.2% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 54.6% | +135.0% |
| 2024 | 62.7% | +15.0% |
| 2025 | 72.3% | +15.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 72.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.0%, 1.5× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 72.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48.6%, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +135.0% | 23.2% | 54.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80.0% | 69.3% | 88.6% | 9 |
| 1980s | 69.1% | 55.4% | 79.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.1% | 59.6% | 73.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 52.5% | 30.1% | 67.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.8% | 55.3% | 69.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.3% | 23.0% | 72.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 29.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 48.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 169.35 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 84.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 102.80 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Tonga?
- Travel services in Tonga was 72.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 88.6% in 1976.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 2021.
- How does Tonga rank for travel services?
- Tonga ranks 37th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.