Unemployment rate: Tonga
2.008% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.008 |
| 2024 | 1.965 |
| 2023 | 1.652 |
| 2022 | 2.002 |
| 2021 | 2.111 |
| 2020 | 2.712 |
| 2019 | 2.165 |
| 2018 | 2.248 |
| 2017 | 2.137 |
| 2016 | 2.048 |
| 2015 | 2.022 |
| 2014 | 1.914 |
| 2013 | 1.75 |
| 2012 | 1.638 |
| 2011 | 1.594 |
| 2010 | 1.501 |
| 2009 | 1.419 |
| 2008 | 1.279 |
| 2007 | 1.21 |
| 2006 | 1.09 |
| 2005 | 2.542 |
| 2004 | 3.878 |
| 2003 | 5.18 |
| 2002 | 4.683 |
| 2001 | 4.368 |
| 2000 | 3.966 |
| 1999 | 3.69 |
| 1998 | 3.348 |
| 1997 | 2.877 |
| 1996 | 2.404 |
| 1995 | 1.987 |
| 1994 | 1.688 |
| 1993 | 1.3 |
| 1992 | 1.349 |
| 1991 | 1.348 |