Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Tonga

Tonga: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.7548 in 2013. ▲ Rising

Latest (2013)
0.7548
Change on year
up 7.5%
World rank
32nd
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.7548
in 2013
All-time low
0.2402
in 2002
Years of data
14
2000–2013

Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Tonga, 2000–2013

0.20.40.60.82000200620132000: 0.2672001: 0.2662002: 0.242003: 0.3312004: 0.4742005: 0.3292006: 0.2852007: 0.462008: 0.4522009: 0.5582010: 0.582011: 0.742012: 0.7022013: 0.755

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Tonga is 0.7548, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 127.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Tonga peaked at 0.7548 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2402, in 2002.

Tonga ranks 32nd of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3663 0.2402 0.5582 10
2010s 0.6944 0.5805 0.7548 4

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 29 Thailand 0.7699 compare
  2. 30 Jamaica 0.764 compare
  3. 31 Kazakhstan 0.758 compare
  4. 33 Nigeria 0.7434 compare
  5. 34 Nicaragua 0.7217 compare
  6. 35 Haiti 0.6878 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Tonga?
Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Tonga was 0.7548 in 2013, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 0.7548 in 2013.
What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2402 in 2002.
How does Tonga rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
Tonga ranks 32nd out of 116 countries with data for 2013.
Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is up 127.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tonga data come from?
The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as part of Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods
Source
World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
126 places, 3,278 data points, 1991–2024
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The stock of international reserves is expressed as the number of months of financing-coverage it represents for the given country's imports of merchandise goods.