The Ministry of Finance issues the following timetable to guide line ministries and relevant stakeholders in the Budget and planning preparation process for the forthcoming fiscal year 2025/2026.

NUKU’ALOFA, November 7, 2024 – The World Bank has approved a grant to help Tonga meet the growing challenge of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. The US$30 million grant for the Health Enhancement and Resiliency in Tonga (HEART) Project will benefit all Tongans, especially more than 15,000 people residing in Vava’u and the Niuas, where service delivery capacity will be expanded.

The Kingdom of Tonga has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Health Enhancement and Resiliency, Tonga (HEART) Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

This Bulletin is the 20th in the series to be published by Tonga Statistics Department (TSD), following the last report published in April 2024. This report presents the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by industry for the fiscal years 2012-13 to 2022-23. GDP estimates are revised annually when new information becomes available to the Department or when production figures are firmed up for some industries. Data for earlier years from 1993-94 to 2011-12 is available from TSD upon request.

HOU’EIKI MO E KAINGA, ‘OKU FAKAAFE’I ATU HENI KE FAI MAI HA’A MOU TOHI TALAMAHU’INGA KI HE NGAAHI ME’ALELE MO E KOLOA ‘AE PULE’ANGA, ‘A IA ‘E LAVA KE MAMATA’I ‘I HE POTUNGAUE NGAAHI NGAUE’ANGA LALAHI (MOI) PE KO E POTUNGAUE TAKITAHA ‘OKU LOLOTONGA ‘I AI ‘O FAKATATAU KI HE FEITU’U TAKITAHA ‘OKU FAKAHA ATU ‘I HE LISI ‘O E NGAAHI KOLOA TAKITAHA.