Lending Rate, Percent per annum in Tonga
Tonga: Lending Rate, Percent per annum was 7.56 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Lending Rate, Percent per annum in Tonga, 2012β2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, lending rate, percent per annum in Tonga stood at 7.56. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending rate, percent per annum in Tonga peaked at 9.93 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7.56, in 2025.
That places Tonga 90th out of 144 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.51 | 7.87 | 9.93 | 8 |
| 2020s | 7.75 | 7.56 | 7.86 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 87 Algeria 8 compare
- 87 Nepal 8
- 89 Cabo Verde 7.75 compare
- 91 Trinidad and Tobago 7.5 compare
- 92 Philippines 7.1 compare
- 93 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.06 compare
More financial sector data for Tonga
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 33.8% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 10.8 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 280.57 million current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 925.39 million current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 34.1% (2025)
- Broad money 59.7% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -20.9% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 34.1% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2.41 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,150 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending rate, percent per annum in Tonga?
- Lending rate, percent per annum in Tonga was 7.56 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest lending rate, percent per annum recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 9.93 in 2012.
- What is the lowest lending rate, percent per annum recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.56 in 2025.
- How does Tonga rank for lending rate, percent per annum?
- Tonga ranks 90th out of 144 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lending rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Lending Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.