Tonga
- Official Name:
- Kingdom of Tonga (Tonga)
- Area:
- 748 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 116.921 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 419 km
- Capital:
- Nuku'alofa
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Nuku'alofa
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
- Political divisions:
- 3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
- Language(s):
- Tongan, English
- National holiday:
- Emancipation Day, 4 June (1970)
- Nationality:
- Tongan(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 13.
- Member of:
- ACP, AsDB, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
- Internet country code:
- .to
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
pa'anga (TOP) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD2.200 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 244.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 2,4% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2004 est.)
-
- Agriculture:23%
- Industry: 27%
- Services: 50%
- Labor force:
- 33.910 (2003 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1997):
-
- Agriculture 65%
- Industry and services: 35%
- Unemployment rate:
- 13% (2004 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 11,1% (2005 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- ND
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD56.970.000
- Expenditures: USD83.880.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -4.321.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 34.000.000 FOB (2004 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
- Exports - Partners:
- Japan 41,8%, US 33,4%, NZ 6,3% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 122 million FOB (2004 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
- Imports - partners:
- NZ 33,4%, Fiji 26,6%, Australia 10,5%, US 8,4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 40.830.000 (2005 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 80.700.000 (2004)
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