Tonga Poverty Rate 2000-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Tonga poverty rate for 2021 was 21.50%, a 26.4% decline from 2015.
- Tonga poverty rate for 2015 was 47.90%, a 8.4% increase from 2009.
- Tonga poverty rate for 2009 was 39.50%, a 5.4% increase from 2000.
- Tonga poverty rate for 2000 was 34.10%, a 34.1% increase from .
| Tonga Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
21.50% |
-26.40% |
| 2015 |
47.90% |
8.40% |
| 2009 |
39.50% |
5.40% |
| 2000 |
34.10% |
5.40% |
