Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Tongan Pa'anga (TOP)
- Symbol
- T$ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- T$ 123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes TOP yet
Tax
Payment methods in Tonga
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 card
- 03 mycash
- 04 ave paanga pau
- 05 bank transfer
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- to-TO
- Also used
- en-TO
- Official languages
- Tongan, English
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +676
- Mobile format
- +676 XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 7
Tonga: common questions
What currency does Tonga use?
Tonga uses the Tongan Pa'anga (TOP), symbol T$. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as T$ 123,456.78.
How many decimal places does TOP have?
TOP has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the Consumption Tax rate in Tonga?
The standard Consumption Tax rate in Tonga is 15.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Tonga?
The methods that matter in Tonga, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, card, mycash, ave paanga pau, bank transfer.
What is the dialling code for Tonga?
Tonga's country calling code is +676. Mobile numbers are formatted +676 XXX XXXX (7 digits after the country code).
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