Infrastructure — Tonga
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Tonga: 6
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Transportation
- Airports - total
6
- Airports with Paved Runways
1
- Roadways- total
423 Miles 680 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Neiafu, Nuku'alofa, Pangai
Communications
- Telephones
31,000
- Cell Phones
46,500
- Internet Users
320,000
- Internet Country Code
.to
- Internet Hosts
20,847
- Broadcast Media
- 2 state-owned TV stations and 2 privately owned TV stations
- satellite and cable TV services are available
- 2 state-owned and 3 privately owned radio stations
- Radio Australia broadcasts available via satellite
- Telephone System
- general assessment: competition between Tonga Telecommunications Corporation (TCC) and Shoreline Communications Tonga (SCT) is accelerating expansion of telecommunications; SCT granted approval to introduce high-speed digital service for telephone, Internet, and television while TCC has exclusive rights to operate the mobile-phone network; international telecom services are provided by gov
- ernment-owned Tonga Telecommunications International domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 80 telephones per 100 persons;
- fully automatic switched network international: country code - 676; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
39,990,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
43,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,221