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Tonga — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Tonga, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
49.81%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -10.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Tonga was 49.81% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 59.92% in 1994. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.32% per year.
Tonga ranks 160 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 86%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Tonga sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
49.81%
First (1990)
55.68%
Change
-10.5%
Highest
59.92%
in 1994
Lowest
49.81%
in 2025
Average
56.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.32%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.81% |
| 2024 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 50.6% |
| 2022 | 51.38% |
| 2021 | 51.94% |
| 2020 | 52.39% |
| 2019 | 53.47% |
| 2018 | 54% |
| 2017 | 54.35% |
| 2016 | 54.69% |
| 2015 | 55.04% |
| 2014 | 55.36% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.