Deposit interest rate in Tonga
Tonga: Deposit interest rate was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Deposit interest rate in Tonga, 2012–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 1.5% for deposit interest rate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit interest rate in Tonga peaked at 3.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2025.
Tonga ranks 120th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 117 San Marino 1.5% compare
- 118 Dominica 1.5% compare
- 119 Cape Verde 1.5% compare
- 121 China 1.5% compare
- 121 Trinidad and Tobago 1.5% compare
- 123 Croatia 1.4% compare
More financial sector data for Tonga
- Domestic credit to private sector 34.1% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 280.57 million current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 10.8 (2024)
- Net foreign assets 925.39 million current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 33.8% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 34.1% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -20.9% (2025)
- Broad money 59.7% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2.41 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,150 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit interest rate in Tonga?
- Deposit interest rate in Tonga was 1.5% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit interest rate recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest deposit interest rate recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2025.
- How does Tonga rank for deposit interest rate?
- Tonga ranks 120th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is deposit interest rate rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Deposit interest rate is the rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.