Social Statistics Bulletin

These Statistics are produced by Statistics officers in other Government departments

Social Statistics Bulletin reports and factsheet can be found here

 

Type of Offences 2019 2020
1. Criminal Offences 2,214 1,924
     1.1 Against the State 32 43
     1.2 Against Justice 10 3
     1.3 Against the Person 732 573
     1.4 Against Property 1,180 1,038
    1.5 Against Wilful Damage 252 262
    1.6 Miscellaneous 8 5
2. Traffic Offences 10,232 9,099
3. Other Offences 2,433 3,901
     3.1 Order in Public Places 1,588 1,676
    3.2 Manufacturing of Intoxicating liquor 56 33
    3.3 Arms & Ammunictions 107 42
    3.4 others 682 2,150
4. Total Offences 14,879 14,924

The total number of offences reported 2019-2020

Source: Ministry of Police, Fire and Emergency Services

Based on the 2022 Gender and Environment Survey Tonga (2022 GES Tonga), the figure below shows the proportion of the population whose dwelling unit or land is located in areas with environmental risk, by sex and location (percentage).

Note: The urban differences between women and men are statistically significant at alpha=0.05.

The figure below displays the proportion of the population whose main source of income is environment-related, by sex (percentage).

More information on the nexus between Gender and Environment can be found on the 2022 GES Tonga report, which can be accessed here.

Average Monthly Rainfall (mm) by Division.

Year Tongatapu Vava’u Ha’apai ‘Eua Niua Toputapu Niua Foou
2019 186.9 257.1 184.5 203.5 220.3 270.6
2020 173.4 237.7 178.7 203.5 273.3 219.4

Average Monthly Temperature (Co) by Division

Note: mn =Mean, min = minimum, max = maximum **

Year

Tongatapu Vavau Haapai ‘Eua Niua Toputapu Niua Fo’ou
mn min mn max mn min mn max mn min mn max mn min mn max mn min mn max mn min mn max
2019 21.6 27.6 21.7 28.0 23.3 27.7       20.6       26.4 24.0 29.8 24.8 29.7
2020 21.8 27.5 22.1 28.2 23.4 28.0        20.6       26.4 23.7 29.8 24.9 30.2

 

 

Source:  Ministry of Meteorology, Information, Disaster Management, Climate Change, Environment and Communication

Contact Person: Samisoni Fotu