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Tonga: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1984–2024 · 39 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
39.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.5 pointsfrom 43.9%
Average, 2015–2024
44.7%10 years
Record high and low
60.7% (2002)low 31.5% (1996)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%19851990199520002005201020152020TongaTonga
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202439.4
202343.9
202243.8
202143.0
202042.6
201942.8
201845.8
201744.7
201649.4
201551.1

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1984–1987
  • IMF Global Debt Database1985–2024
  • World Development Indicators2013–2020

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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