Travel services in Tonga
Tonga: Travel services was 36.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Tonga, 1971–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 36.7% for travel services in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 12.3% 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 38th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services 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 | 36.7% | +16.1% |
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 | 30.1% | 20.4% | 38.7% | 5 |
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 travel services in Tonga?
- Travel services in Tonga was 36.7% in 2024, 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 38th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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.