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Tonga
Tonga has a compulsory paper national ID card under a 2020 law that requires fingerprints. A World Bank-funded project plans to digitise ID and civil registration but no digital ID is live. The central bank describes CBDC consideration as exploratory.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Tonga
- Program
- National ID card; Tonga Digital Government Support Project
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Nationality Identity Card Act 2020
All residents over 14 must hold a national ID card, registered in person with photo and fingerprints. The World Bank granted USD 4.65 million in 2019 to digitise and link civil registration and ID. Register data may be used for security, immigration and crime prevention. A data protection bill is being drafted; a Cybersecurity Bill was enacted in 2024.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
The National Reserve Bank of Tonga said in 2021 that CBDC consideration was at a very exploratory stage. A 2022 study was done by Soramitsu, not the central bank.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2024Rolling it out
A Cybersecurity Bill was enacted. SEAP / Nationality For All — Digital ID: Tonga ↗
UN and WHO
How Tonga has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Didn't vote
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- Not ranked
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.