External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square in Tonga
Tonga: External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square was 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per square in Tonga, 1985–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in DOD, current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Tonga peaked at 12,819 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre, in 2007.
Tonga ranks 118th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square in Tonga, year by year
| Year | DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,000 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 1986 | 680.56 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -31.9% |
| 1987 | 750 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1988 | 819.44 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 1,472 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +79.7% |
| 1990 | 12,819 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +770.8% |
| 1991 | 1,056 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -91.8% |
| 1992 | 1,181 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 791.67 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -32.9% |
| 1994 | 1,389 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +75.4% |
| 1995 | 1,833 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +32.0% |
| 1996 | 1,833 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,426 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 1998 | 952.09 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -33.2% |
| 1999 | 477.4 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -49.9% |
| 2000 | 542.67 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 731.36 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +34.8% |
| 2002 | 1,069 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +46.1% |
| 2003 | 1,073 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,038 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 163.85 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -84.2% |
| 2006 | 207.92 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +26.9% |
| 2007 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2009 | 0.0081 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2010 | 15.53 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +192646.4% |
| 2011 | 50.13 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +222.8% |
| 2012 | 51.29 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 5.22 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -89.8% |
| 2014 | 2.28 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -56.3% |
| 2015 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2017 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2018 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2019 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2020 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2021 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2022 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2023 | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36,446 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,100 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) … square in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +192646.4% | 0.0081 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 15.53 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre |
| 1990 | +770.8% | 1,472 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 12,819 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 944.44 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 680.56 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 1,472 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,376 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 477.4 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 12,819 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 482.55 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 1,073 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.44 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 51.29 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 115 Chad 23.7 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 116 Burundi 11.45 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 117 Liberia 0.8218 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 118 Burkina Faso 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 118 Turkmenistan 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre compare
More external debt data for Tonga
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 0 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita -0.9311 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP -0.0001 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 538.89 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 46.03 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 118.05 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 118.05 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, short-term 0 DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Tonga?
- External debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square in Tonga was 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 12,819 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 DOD, current US$ per square kilometre in 2007.
- How does Tonga rank for external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square?
- Tonga ranks 118th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is external debt stocks, short-term (dod, current us$), per square rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- External debt stocks, short-term International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
External debt stocks, short-term (DOD, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.