Interest payments in Tonga

Tonga: Interest payments was 8.19 million current LCU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
8.19 million current LCU
Change on year
up 30.9%
World rank
149th
of 155 countries
All-time high
8.27 million current LCU
in 2018
All-time low
4.12 million current LCU
in 2021
Years of data
11
2013–2023

Interest payments in Tonga, 2013–2023

02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M2013201820232013: 7.1M current LCU2014: 7.1M current LCU2015: 7.2M current LCU2016: 7.9M current LCU2017: 8.3M current LCU2018: 8.3M current LCU2019: 8.0M current LCU2020: 8.2M current LCU2021: 4.1M current LCU2022: 6.3M current LCU2023: 8.2M current LCU

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 8.19 million current LCU for interest payments in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.9% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, interest payments in Tonga peaked at 8.27 million current LCU in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.12 million current LCU, in 2021.

That places Tonga 149th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 7.70 million current LCU 7.14 million current LCU 8.27 million current LCU 7
2020s 6.70 million current LCU 4.12 million current LCU 8.23 million current LCU 4

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 146 Andorra 16.79 million current LCU compare
  2. 147 Kuwait 13.00 million current LCU compare
  3. 148 Samoa 12.67 million current LCU compare
  4. 150 Kiribati 2.77 million current LCU compare
  5. 151 East Timor 2.24 million current LCU compare
  6. 152 Palau 765,000 current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 155 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is interest payments in Tonga?
Interest payments in Tonga was 8.19 million current LCU in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest interest payments recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 8.27 million current LCU in 2018.
What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 4.12 million current LCU in 2021.
How does Tonga rank for interest payments?
Tonga ranks 149th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
Is interest payments rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tonga data come from?
The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
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Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.