TONGA
Social Protection in Tonga
Tonga is a Polynesian island country comprised of 141 islands, with a population of more than 104,000 people living across 45 islands. Hover over the icons below to see which of these life-cycle risks Tonga is addressing and how.
![Early Childhood](/static/icons/Icon1_Bl.23481a236300.png)
![Early Childhood](/static/icons/Icon1_Gr.63ad30bfba34.png)
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Poor access to antenatal and post natal care
- Unsafe birth
- Poor access to immunisation
- Stunting, malnutrition and hunger
- Reduced cognitive development
![School Age](/static/icons/Icon2_Bl.afc78efb80d5.png)
![School Age](/static/icons/Icon2_Gr.e9fe05c5e39b.png)
SCHOOL AGE
- Malnutrition
- Unable to access or stay in school
- Child labour
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Loss of parents or carers
- Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Payment for Secondary Schools
![Youth](/static/icons/Icon3_Bl.2ca445d7ed40.png)
![Youth](/static/icons/Icon3_Gr.3d629e451571.png)
YOUTH
- Inadequate skills
- Inability to access training
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Alienation
- Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Payment for Secondary Schools
![Working Age](/static/icons/Icon4_Bl.404cea9cbf02.png)
![Working Age](/static/icons/Icon4_Gr.2958cb7b2cff.png)
WORKING AGE
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Cost of children
- Lack of childcare
- Care of parents
- Debt
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
![Old Age](/static/icons/Icon5_Bl.3941d2fca816.png)
![Old age](/static/icons/Icon5_Gr.5133862e3d96.png)
OLD AGE
- Increasing frailty and disability
- Inability to work
- Lack of family care
- Elder abuse
- Elderly Social Welfare Scheme, universal pension for 70 years and older
- Provident Fund old age benefits (60 years and older)
![Arrow](/static/icons/DESK_ARROW_BLUE_2X.33af48ad35c2.png)
EARLY CHILDHOOD
![Early Childhood](/static/icons/Icon1_Bl.23481a236300.png)
- Poor access to antenatal and post natal care
- Unsafe birth
- Poor access to immunisation
- Stunting, malnutrition and hunger
- Reduced cognitive development
SCHOOL AGE
![School Age](/static/icons/Icon2_Bl.afc78efb80d5.png)
- Malnutrition
- Unable to access or stay in school
- Child labour
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Loss of parents or carers
YOUTH
![Youth](/static/icons/Icon3_Bl.2ca445d7ed40.png)
- Inadequate skills
- Inability to access training
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Alienation
WORKING AGE
![Working Age](/static/icons/Icon4_Bl.404cea9cbf02.png)
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Cost of children
- Lack of childcare
- Care of parents
- Debt
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
OLD AGE
![Old Age](/static/icons/Icon5_Bl.3941d2fca816.png)
- Increasing frailty and disability
- Inability to work
- Lack of family care
- Elder abuse
![Arrow](/static/icons/MOB_ARROW_BLUE_2X.db2e971c070d.png)
SCHOOL AGE
![School Age](/static/icons/Icon2_Gr.e9fe05c5e39b.png)
- Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Payment for Secondary Schools
YOUTH
![Youth](/static/icons/Icon3_Gr.3d629e451571.png)
- Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Payment for Secondary Schools
OLD AGE
![Old Age](/static/icons/Icon5_Gr.5133862e3d96.png)
- Elderly Social Welfare Scheme, universal pension for 70 years and older
- Provident Fund old age benefits (60 years and older)
Tonga has a Disability Welfare Scheme, universal disability benefit available for people with disability.