If you lived in Tonga instead of Holy See (Vatican City), you would:

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be 20.7% less likely to have internet access

In Holy See (Vatican City), approximately 85.1% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Tonga, about 67.4% do as of 2024.

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Sources: United Nations SDG Indicators (2022), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this

Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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