Tonga

News coverage about Tonga accounts for 0.017% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 13.1% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.13 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.017%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+13.1%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.13
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Tonga coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.02% on 2026-08-200.000.050.10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Tonga coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.13 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Tonga: 5 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-030.000.501.0Jun 18Jun 19Jul 14Jul 27Aug 3

Diplomacy (14/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Tonga: 70 days, latest 14.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 11Jun 26Jul 13Jul 28Aug 9Aug 19

Coercion & force (7/day latest)

Coercive events located in Tonga: 36 days, latest 7.00 on 2026-08-190.0010.020.0May 26Jun 11Jul 6Jul 17Jul 30Aug 10Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Tonga, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 20% of the coverage about Tonga came from outlets based in Tonga — the rest was written from abroad (247 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Tonga from domestic outlets (%): 28 days, latest 15.00 on 2026-08-190.0025.050.0Jul 5Jul 10Jul 22Jul 28Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

Share of articles about Tonga produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Niuafoou (1)
  • Tongatapu (1)
  • Haapai (1)
  • Niuatoputapu (1)
  • Vavau (1)

Places named in coverage about Tonga on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Tonga

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$679M
World Bank, 2025
Population
103,742
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
77.6%
World Bank, 2024

Coverage share measures articles published by Tonga-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).