Tonga's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 925.39 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 182.85% from 327.17 million in 2015 (10.96% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 925.39 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 705.9 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 327.17 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 925.39 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 23.61 million | 1989 |
| Average since 2016 | 674.61 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 23.61 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Tonga's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 9% on 2024 (from 849.08 million to 925.39 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.6% and a typical year strayed about 19.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 65.3% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 26.4% in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 62.73 million a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1.14 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 26.57 million, against 55.5 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Tonga had the 97th highest value of the 106 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Tonga in the 2025 ranking
- Samoa — 94th of 106: 1.63 billion
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 95th of 106: 1.07 billion
- Dominica — 96th of 106: 1.05 billion
- Georgia — 98th of 106: 628.46 million
- Sierra Leone — 99th of 106: 417.37 million
- New Zealand — 100th of 106: -85.35 billion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. 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.
All 37 values
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 925,392,141 |
| 2024 | 849,082,969 |
| 2023 | 837,402,883 |
| 2022 | 815,129,589 |
| 2021 | 776,330,352 |
| 2020 | 705,896,834 |
| 2019 | 502,484,179 |
| 2018 | 502,083,504 |
| 2017 | 441,789,505 |
| 2016 | 390,537,151 |
| 2015 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — -136.13 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 15.89 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 130.8 trillion (2025)
- China — 30.27 trillion (2024)
- Fiji — 3.45 billion (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 12.08 trillion (2025)
- Indonesia — 2,159.04 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 54.94 trillion (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 627.85 trillion (2024)
- Macao SAR, China — 883.16 billion (2025)
- Malaysia
More financial sector data for Tonga
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$2.4 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$2.41 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 33.85% (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 34.11% (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 174.32 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 34.11% (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 5.59% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 150.46 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 2.96% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tonga's net foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 925.39 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is up 3,820% from 23.61 million in 1989 (10.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 925.39 million in 2025 and the lowest 23.61 million in 1989.
- How does Tonga rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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