Tonga vs Upper middle income: Total reserves
Total reserves over time
- Tonga
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 217.9% against 81.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 136.4%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 2.7 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Tonga ahead.
Tonga ranks 6th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 111 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 3 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 82.9% | 14.0% | 68.9% | Tonga |
| 1990s | 56.3% | 25.5% | 30.7% | Tonga |
| 2000s | 52.5% | 81.0% | 28.6% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 90.0% | 109.8% | 19.8% | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 182.8% | 80.2% | 102.6% | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves, Tonga or Upper middle income?
- Tonga, at 217.9% against 81.5% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total reserves between Tonga and Upper middle income?
- 136.4%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Upper middle income?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Tonga and Upper middle income rank globally for total reserves?
- Tonga ranks 6th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total reserves (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.