Tonga: Government debt held by non-residents
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| Tonga |
Government debt held by non-residents |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 87.24 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2009 - 2017 |
| Average | 89.73 |
| Min - Max | 87.22 - 92.22 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2017 is 87.24 percent, an increase from 87.22 percent in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 42.73 percent, based on data from 73 countries. Historically, the average for Tonga from 2009 to 2017 is 89.73 percent. The minimum value, 87.22 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 92.22 percent was recorded in 2013.
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| Recent values | Tonga: Government debt held by non-residents |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 87.24 |
| 2016 | 87.22 |
| 2015 | 90.37 |
| 2014 | 91.69 |
| 2013 | 92.22 |
| 2012 | 91.74 |
| 2011 | 91.40 |
| 2010 | 87.37 |
Definition: General government debt held by non-residents as percent of total government debt. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 23.54 | 2024 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 0.15 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | 4.17 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | 4.62 | 2024 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 20.45 | 2023 | percent |
| Taxes on goods and services | 29.98 | 2023 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 4.84 | 2023 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 8.88 | 2023 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 129.55 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 36.96 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt in foreign currency, percent | 87.24 | 2017 | percent |
| Government debt held by non-residents | 87.24 | 2017 | percent |
| Short-term government debt | 0.45 | 2014 | percent |