Tonga Passes Record National Budget for 2025/26

Tonga’s Parliament has unanimously approved a historic TOP 992.8 million national budget for the 2025/26 financial year, effective 1 July 2025.

The budget includes TOP 748.9 million in cash spending and TOP 243.9 million in in-kind donor support. A projected TOP 29.1 million deficit will be financed through domestic bonds, now available to private sector investors.

Key investments include infrastructure upgrades, renewable energy projects. Parliament also passed a Community Road Maintenance Fund, allocating TOP 100,000 to each of Tonga’s 17 constituencies.

Parliament also approved the schedule for the annual constituency visits in July 2025, ahead of the general election set for November.

Parliament has now adjourned until further notice.