Tonga — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Tonga, 1975–2025.
GDP per capita for Tonga was 6,547 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 51 years, from 1975 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 315 in 1976 (about 20.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.04% per year.
Tonga ranks 126 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Tonga sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 59%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 22 of 36 economies; Tuvalu (6,041) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 41% in 1994. That is 30% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1975 level: doubled by 1987; grown tenfold by 2011. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 117th of 150 in 1975 → 126th of 163 in 1980 → 116th of 192 in 1990 → 101st of 204 in 2000 → 133rd of 212 in 2010 → 120th of 210 in 2020 → 105th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1975 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,547.19 | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 6,215.39 | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 5,651.59 | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 5,298.02 | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 4,922.8 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 4,792.36 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 4,788.83 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 4,675.05 | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 4,365.93 | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 3,987.99 | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 4,123.9 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 4,136.59 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,219.25 | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 4,384.17 | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 3,849.99 | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 3,416.08 | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 2,914.24 | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 3,218.45 | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 2,797.07 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,750.35 | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 2,477.73 | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 2,195.45 | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 1,936.04 | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 1,759.48 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,753.52 | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 1,995.08 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 1,952.15 | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1,888.83 | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 2,135.52 | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 2,214.91 | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 2,084.03 | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 1,956.66 | +41.4% |
| 1993 | 1,383.47 | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,370.36 | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 1,323.4 | +16.2% |
| 1990 | 1,139.06 | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 1,069.84 | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 1,077.68 | +29.8% |
| 1987 | 830.15 | +19.3% |
| 1986 | 695.81 | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 612.94 | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 655.66 | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 621.07 | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 633.48 | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 635.71 | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 544.75 | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 457.92 | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 427.63 | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 352.95 | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 315.09 | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 349.47 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tonga’s GDP per capita in 1976?
315.09 (1976). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Tonga’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Tonga’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1975 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1773.5% in total — about 6.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6,547.19; 2024: 6,215.39; 2023: 5,651.59; 2022: 5,298.02; 2021: 4,922.8. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.