Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Tonga
Tonga: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 40.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Tonga, 1971–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 40.3% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 74.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Tonga peaked at 43.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 1992.
That places Tonga 24th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 9.1% | — |
| 1972 | 9.7% | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 12.7% | +32.0% |
| 1974 | 16.9% | +32.3% |
| 1975 | 17.7% | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 18.4% | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 22.9% | +24.3% |
| 1978 | 13.9% | -39.3% |
| 1979 | 9.2% | -33.8% |
| 1980 | 21.4% | +132.4% |
| 1981 | 23.5% | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 22.9% | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 28.2% | +23.2% |
| 1984 | 37.6% | +33.2% |
| 1985 | 25.8% | -31.5% |
| 1986 | 22.3% | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 21.6% | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 13.5% | -37.4% |
| 1989 | 12.3% | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 7.7% | -37.3% |
| 1991 | 7.6% | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 5.1% | -33.1% |
| 1993 | 6.0% | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 7.1% | +19.2% |
| 2001 | 14.8% | +107.7% |
| 2002 | 13.8% | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | -36.2% |
| 2004 | 17.5% | +99.2% |
| 2005 | 15.3% | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 31.2% | +124.7% |
| 2008 | 24.3% | -22.0% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 17.4% | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 23.8% | +36.3% |
| 2012 | 19.2% | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 32.7% | +56.5% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 29.0% | +25.6% |
| 2017 | 37.9% | +30.6% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 43.0% | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 38.7% | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 23.1% | -40.2% |
| 2022 | 20.4% | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 31.6% | +54.8% |
| 2024 | 36.9% | +16.7% |
| 2025 | 40.3% | +9.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 40.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 1.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 40.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.4%, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.5% | 9.1% | 22.9% | 9 |
| 1980s | 22.9% | 12.3% | 37.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 5.1% | 7.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 17.3% | 8.8% | 31.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.2% | 17.4% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 20.4% | 40.3% | 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 40.3% 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 43.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 1992.
- How does Tonga rank for travel services?
- Tonga ranks 24th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.