Tonga's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) was 149.63 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 21.41% from 123.25 million in 2014 (1.96% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 149.63 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 165.41 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 123.25 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 172.88 million | 2018 |
| Lowest | 62.64 million | 1981 |
| Average since 2015 | 159.63 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 62.64 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Tonga's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) fell 10.6% on 2023 (from 167.39 million to 149.63 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.5% and a typical year strayed about 8.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 21.2% in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 26.9% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Tonga had the 22nd highest value of the 26 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Tonga in the 2024 ranking
- Solomon Islands — 19th of 26: 273.56 million
- Cayman Islands — 20th of 26: 272.9 million
- Turks and Caicos Islands — 21st of 26: 234.38 million
- Palau — 23rd of 26: 28.15 million
- Marshall Islands — 24th of 26: 7.02 million
- Kiribati — 25th of 26: 1.03 million
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 44 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 149,631,400 |
| 2023 | 167,394,300 |
| 2022 | 160,009,200 |
| 2021 | 169,535,300 |
| 2020 | 163,940,500 |
| 2019 | 165,407,300 |
| 2018 | 172,880,400 |
| 2017 | 164,480,300 |
| 2016 | 151,365,800 |
| 2015 | 131,618,500 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 171.12 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — -374.3 million (2025)
- Cambodia — 9.98 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — 1.9 billion (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 125.29 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — 577.31 trillion (2025)
- Kiribati — 1.03 million (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 166.18 trillion (2025)
- Lao PDR — 15.75 trillion (2025)
- Macao SAR, China
More economic policy & debt data for Tonga
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$121.36 million (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$9.6 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$1,239 (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$108.76 million (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tonga's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU)?
- 149.63 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1981?
- It is up 138.87% from 62.64 million in 1981 (2.05% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 172.88 million in 2018 and the lowest 62.64 million in 1981.
- How does Tonga rank?
- 22nd highest of 26 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) unusual for Tonga?
- In 2024, Tonga's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) fell 10.6% on 2023 (from 167.39 million to 149.63 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.5% and a typical year strayed about 8.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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