Tonga — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Tonga, 1976–2025.
Inflation for Tonga was 5.59% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 50 years, from 1976 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 22.39% in 1980. The lowest was -1.05% in 2015 (about -5.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.49% per year.
Tonga ranks 41 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Tonga sits above it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 75% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 631%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 5 of 28 economies; Micronesia, Fed. Sts. (5.41%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 15649% in 1985. That is 32% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1976 level: doubled by 1977.
World ranking. Climbed: 70th of 103 in 1976 → 21st of 106 in 1980 → 58th of 131 in 1990 → 47th of 163 in 2000 → 87th of 186 in 2010 → 156th of 178 in 2020 → 34th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1976 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.59% | +2.4 pp |
| 2024 | 3.18% | -3.2 pp |
| 2023 | 6.35% | -4.6 pp |
| 2022 | 10.97% | +5.3 pp |
| 2021 | 5.64% | +6.0 pp |
| 2020 | -0.35% | -1.5 pp |
| 2019 | 1.18% | -3.9 pp |
| 2018 | 5.03% | -2.5 pp |
| 2017 | 7.52% | +4.9 pp |
| 2016 | 2.58% | +3.6 pp |
| 2015 | -1.05% | -3.6 pp |
| 2014 | 2.51% | +1.7 pp |
| 2013 | 0.78% | -0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 1.15% | -5.1 pp |
| 2011 | 6.27% | +2.7 pp |
| 2010 | 3.53% | +2.1 pp |
| 2009 | 1.43% | -9.0 pp |
| 2008 | 10.45% | +4.6 pp |
| 2007 | 5.84% | -0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 6.15% | -2.5 pp |
| 2005 | 8.67% | -2.3 pp |
| 2004 | 10.97% | -0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 11.64% | +1.3 pp |
| 2002 | 10.36% | +2.1 pp |
| 2001 | 8.29% | +2.0 pp |
| 2000 | 6.33% | +1.9 pp |
| 1999 | 4.46% | +1.2 pp |
| 1998 | 3.27% | +1.1 pp |
| 1997 | 2.12% | -0.9 pp |
| 1996 | 3% | +1.5 pp |
| 1995 | 1.46% | +0.4 pp |
| 1994 | 1.01% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 0.96% | -7.0 pp |
| 1992 | 7.94% | -2.7 pp |
| 1991 | 10.6% | +0.9 pp |
| 1990 | 9.71% | +5.6 pp |
| 1989 | 4.07% | -5.9 pp |
| 1988 | 9.92% | +5.2 pp |
| 1987 | 4.69% | -17.0 pp |
| 1986 | 21.67% | +4.9 pp |
| 1985 | 16.77% | +16.7 pp |
| 1984 | 0.11% | -9.7 pp |
| 1983 | 9.81% | -1.0 pp |
| 1982 | 10.84% | -4.1 pp |
| 1981 | 14.9% | -7.5 pp |
| 1980 | 22.39% | +16.9 pp |
| 1979 | 5.46% | -4.1 pp |
| 1978 | 9.58% | -8.0 pp |
| 1977 | 17.54% | +10.4 pp |
| 1976 | 7.11% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tonga’s Inflation in 1977?
17.54% (1977). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Tonga’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1976 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -21.3% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. 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: 5.59%; 2024: 3.18%; 2023: 6.35%; 2022: 10.97%; 2021: 5.64%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.