Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Tonga
Tonga: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.7548 in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Tonga, 2000–2013
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 35th 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.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2671 | — |
| 2001 | 0.2658 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2402 | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3313 | +37.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4738 | +43.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3294 | -30.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2852 | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4599 | +61.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4522 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5582 | +23.4% |
| 2010 | 0.5805 | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7403 | +27.5% |
| 2012 | 0.702 | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7548 | +7.5% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.7548 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6174, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.7548 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6487, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3663 | 0.2402 | 0.5582 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6944 | 0.5805 | 0.7548 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More reference data data for Tonga
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 9.35 (2050)
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 35th 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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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.