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External debt — Tonga

External debt in Tonga in 2024 — 173,176,112 US$. Ranked 1 in the world out of 118. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 605.5%.

2024 173M US$ −11.85% vs 2023
World rank 1of 118
Period maximum 224M US$2021
Period minimum 24.55M US$1985

Trend over time

1985–2024 · US$

External debt — Tonga, 1985–20240100M200M300M198519891993199720012005200920132017202120241985: 24,548,074 US$1986: 28,928,950 US$1987: 36,096,245 US$1988: 37,559,875 US$1989: 39,140,012 US$1990: 53,683,028 US$1991: 44,995,162 US$1992: 43,482,995 US$1993: 44,241,812 US$1994: 58,640,380 US$1995: 64,114,187 US$1996: 63,805,061 US$1997: 58,675,999 US$1998: 64,879,602 US$1999: 78,049,433 US$2000: 73,965,562 US$2001: 71,355,546 US$2002: 81,495,989 US$2003: 93,415,984 US$2004: 94,356,377 US$2005: 89,030,079 US$2006: 91,618,893 US$2007: 96,867,967 US$2008: 98,959,554 US$2009: 114,892,400 US$2010: 153,652,256 US$2011: 191,201,693 US$2012: 197,996,916 US$2013: 199,562,997 US$2014: 195,924,377 US$2015: 184,338,820 US$2016: 174,411,670 US$2017: 193,072,349 US$2018: 187,000,421 US$2019: 186,647,314 US$2020: 194,579,371 US$2021: 223,626,734 US$2022: 209,927,234 US$2023: 196,453,499 US$2024: 173,176,112 US$
Change over the period: +149M (+605.46%) Average annual rate: 5.14 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tonga

Tonga 173M US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.08T US$
External debt — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 173M −23.28M −11.85%
2023 196M −13.47M −6.42%
2022 210M −13.7M −6.13%
2021 224M +29.05M +14.93%
2020 195M +7.93M +4.25%
2019 187M −353,107 −0.19%
2018 187M −6.07M −3.14%
2017 193M +18.66M +10.7%
2016 174M −9.93M −5.39%
2015 184M −11.59M −5.91%
2014 196M −3.64M −1.82%
2013 200M +1.57M +0.79%
2012 198M +6.8M +3.55%
2011 191M +37.55M +24.44%
2010 154M +38.76M +33.74%
2009 115M +15.93M +16.1%
2008 98.96M +2.09M +2.16%
2007 96.87M +5.25M +5.73%
2006 91.62M +2.59M +2.91%
2005 89.03M −5.33M −5.64%
2004 94.36M +940,393 +1.01%
2003 93.42M +11.92M +14.63%
2002 81.5M +10.14M +14.21%
2001 71.36M −2.61M −3.53%
2000 73.97M −4.08M −5.23%
1999 78.05M +13.17M +20.3%
1998 64.88M +6.2M +10.57%
1997 58.68M −5.13M −8.04%
1996 63.81M −309,126 −0.48%
1995 64.11M +5.47M +9.33%
1994 58.64M +14.4M +32.55%
1993 44.24M +758,816 +1.75%
1992 43.48M −1.51M −3.36%
1991 45M −8.69M −16.18%
1990 53.68M +14.54M +37.16%
1989 39.14M +1.58M +4.21%
1988 37.56M +1.46M +4.05%
1987 36.1M +7.17M +24.78%
1986 28.93M +4.38M +17.85%
1985 24.55M — —

Polynesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TO Tonga 173M WS Samoa 395M
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About the indicator

Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.

Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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