Macro Index Overview / East Asia & Pacific / TON
Tonga ยท Year 2023
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Tonga

The reporting period for national accounts data is designated as either calendar year basis (CY) or fiscal year basis (FY). For this country, it is fiscal year-based (fiscal year-end: June 30). Also, an estimate (PA.NUS.ATLS) of the exchange rate covers the same period and thus differs from the official exchange rate (CY).

East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income Blocs: Other Nuku'alofa

Global Rank (2023)

#145 / 205

Top 71% of global economies

Composite Score (2023)

48.1 / 100

Living Standard (2023)

$4,680

Subscore: 49.29 / 100

CPI Inflation (2023)

6.35%

Stability Score: 83.24 / 100

4-Pillar Structural Health Diagnostic (2023)

Harmonized subscores evaluating Output, Productivity, Inflation Stability, and External Buffer

Benchmark Weights: 35 / 25 / 25 / 15
Living Standards (35%) 49.29

Raw: $4,680 (2015 USD)

Price Stability (25%) 83.24

Raw: 6.35% (Anchor: 3.0%)

External Solvency (25%) 23.55

Raw: -7.93% of GDP

Economic Scale (15%) 27.35

Raw: $0.6B Current USD

Optimal Component Weights & Peak Rank Frontier (2023)

Monetary Discipline & Price Anchor Focused

What we are doing here: We simulate an automated mathematical simplex across all 286 valid permutations of weights for the 4 pillars (summing to 100%) against every competing sovereign country in 2023. This discovers which weighting system maximizes Tonga's global competitive ranking by accentuating its comparative strengths.

Peak Rank #99 / 205
Default Rank #145
+46 Ranks
Living Standards 35%
Baseline: 35%
Price Stability 65%
Baseline: 25%
External Solvency 0%
Baseline: 25%
Economic Scale 0%
Baseline: 15%

Policy Insight & Strategic Advantage: Tonga benefits most from its anchored inflation regime near the 3.0% target band while competitors face price volatility.

Under this bespoke weighting, Tonga's composite score climbs to 71.4 (compared to 48.1 under standard multilateral weighting).

Longitudinal Trajectory & Peer Comparison Sandbox (1960โ€“2025)

Tracking Tonga's multi-decade trajectory overlaid with peer benchmark economies in Year 2023

Active Comparisons:
Tonga (TON)
India (IND)
China (CHN)
United States (USA)
Germany (DEU)
Observation Year 2023 โ€ข Global Rank: #145 / 205 โ€ข Composite Score: 48.1 / 100 โ€ข Living Standard: $4,680 โ€ข Inflation: 6.35%
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Hover or click any node along the curve to inspect that historical year in real time
Primary: Tonga Peers (Dashed)

Cross-Sectional Benchmark Standing in Year 2023

5 economies compared ยท Ordered by Global Rank
CountryRank (2023)Composite ScoreGDP per CapitaCPI InflationCurrent Account (% GDP)Nominal GDP ($)
Germany (DEU) #1681.1$44,3695.95%5.50%$4562.2B
United States (USA) #1780.0$65,6674.12%-3.34%$27811.5B
China (CHN) #3772.3$12,4840.23%1.41%$18270.4B
India (IND) #9359.5$2,2305.65%-0.91%$3500.9B
Tonga (TON) Active#14548.1$4,6806.35%-7.93%$0.6B

Decade-by-Decade Historical Milestones (1970โ€“2023)

Visualizing seminal macroeconomic shifts, shocks, and structural transitions for Tonga

Metric:
Selected Era: 2023 ยท Click any node to select
1007550250โ€”19701970s9.919801980s55.719901990s52.620002000s43.920102010s48.920202020s48.12023Recent