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Tonga: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
31.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−5.3 pointsfrom 37.2%
Average, 2015–2024
42.7%10 years
Record high and low
60.7% (2002)low 31.9% (2024)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203176.7Forecast
203067.3Forecast
202957.6Forecast
202848.9Forecast
202741.1Forecast
202634.4Forecast
202527.4Forecast
202431.9
202337.2
202240.2
202143.0
202041.7
201941.8
201845.5
201744.7
201649.4
201551.1

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1985–1992
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1999–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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