Tonga

Official Name:	The Kingdom of Tonga
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Constitutional Monarchy
Official Name (Local Language):	Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga
ISO Country Codes:	TO : TON
Internet Domain:	.to
Government Web Site:	http://www.pmo.gov.to

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Capital:	Nuku'alofa	Main Airports:	Fuaʻamotu International Airport
Language(s):	English; Tongan	Population:	105,780
Currency:	Tonga Pa'anga	ISO Currency Code:	TOP
Telephone Dial In:	+676	ID Prefix:	00

Country Summaries:

Political & Cultural Organisations:

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; Alliance of Small Island States; Commonwealth of Nations; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Pacific Islands Forum; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Lonely Planet;

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Government Website:	http://www.pmo.gov.to
Central Bank:	National Reserve Bank of Tonga
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	2.27015 pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	1.1% (2011 est.)
Population below poverty line:	22.5% (2010 est.)
Inflation Rate:	7.4% (2017 est.)

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	19.2%	squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa, coffee, sweet potatoes, cassava, taro and kava
Industry:	20.6%	tourism, construction, fishing
Services:	60.1%

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asian Development Bank; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific; UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Financial Exchanges:

No Exchange

National Statistics Office:

Tonga Department of Statistics;

National Dataset(s):

Trading Economics;

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Business Language(s):	English; Tonga
Customs & Excise:	Ministry of Revenue & Customs
Development Bank(s):	Asian Development Bank; Tonga Development Bank;

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 141/143	Corruption Perceptions Index: N/R
Ease of Doing Business: 103/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: N/A
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