Micronesia vs Tonga

Micronesia and Tonga compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Micronesia and Tonga have about the same number of people: 113,683 and 103,742 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Tonga ($6,547) is 48% higher than in Micronesia ($4,414) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Tonga (2.8%) than in Micronesia (1.1%), a difference of 1.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Tonga (5.6% in 2025) than in Micronesia (5.4% in 2022), a difference of 0.2 percentage points.
• A baby born in Tonga can expect to live 5.7 years longer than one born in Micronesia: 73.1 years against 67.4 years in 2024.
• The population of Micronesia is older: half of its people are over 22.9 years, against 20.7 years in Tonga in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Tonga (67.4%) than in Micronesia (39.5%), a difference of 27.9 percentage points in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Micronesia (92.1%) than in Tonga (12.1%), a difference of 80 percentage points in 2024.