Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm in Tonga
Tonga: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm was 1 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
32nd
of 112 countries
All-time high
3
in 2016
All-time low
1
in 1990
Years of data
11
1982–2020
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm in Tonga, 1982–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 1 for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in Tonga peaked at 3 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1990.
Tonga ranks 32nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2 | — |
| 1990 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 1997 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in Tonga?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm in Tonga was 1 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2016.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm?
- Tonga ranks 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2020.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: storm rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Storm, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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