Foreign Reserves Statistics for July 2024

Tonga's official foreign reserves declined in July 2024 by $15.3 million, predominantly driven by outflows for import payments and offshore investment. The level of foreign reserves was $909.1 million at the end of July 2024, sufficient to cover 10.5 months of imports, and remains above the IMF's recommended threshold of 7.5 months. In year-ended terms, the foreign reserves decreased by $36.1 million.

OFFICIAL FOREIGN RESERVES *
(millions of pa'anga)

  Level Changes
Ration of official foreign reserves to imports (months)
  Month 12 Months

2022        
November 866.2 -10.8 82.3 12.6
December 868.9 2.7 51.4 12.3

2023        
January 911.1 42.2 55.0 12.8
February 911.2 0.1 43.9 12.6
March 883.7 -27.4 22.3 12.0
April 860.5 -23.2 -23.5 11.4
May 864.8 4.3 -15.6 11.5
June 921.4 56.6 50.2 11.9r
July 945.2 23.7 60.3 12.3
August 920.0 -25.2 48.9 11.9
September 886.1 -33.8 -9.1 11.3r
October 891.2 5.1 14.2 11.4
November 892.0 0.8 25.8 11.4
December 901.7 9.7 32.8 11.6

2024        
January 894.7 -7.1 -16.4 11.5
February 891.4 -3.2 -19.7 11.4
March 868.7 -22.7 -15.0 11.1
April 904.8 36.1 44.3 11.6
May 893.0 -11.8 28.3 11.5
June 924.3 31.3 2.9 11.9
July 909.1 -15.3 -36.1 10.5

* Due to rounding errors some data may not aggregate precisely.
Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga

Official Foreign Reserves Collection

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