Taxes on goods and services in Tonga
Tonga: Taxes on goods and services was 30.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taxes on goods and services in Tonga, 2013–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2023, taxes on goods and services in Tonga stood at 30.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Tonga peaked at 35.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 30.0%, in 2023.
That places Tonga 87th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 35.8% | — |
| 2014 | 30.6% | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 35.2% | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 33.6% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 31.9% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 34.4% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 32.0% | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 32.5% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 33.6% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 31.5% | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 30.0% | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.4% | 30.6% | 35.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 31.9% | 30.0% | 33.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More public sector data for Tonga
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 66.22 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 9,722 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2020)
- Tax revenue 20.5% (2023)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 8.9% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.8% (2023)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 5.3% (2023)
- Interest payments 1.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Tonga?
- Taxes on goods and services in Tonga was 30.0% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 35.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.0% in 2023.
- How does Tonga rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Tonga ranks 87th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.