Tonga: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Tonga shows historical data for the Tongan Pa’angas per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Tongan Pa’angas per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Tonga become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Tonga.

The series for Tonga are available from August 2004 to August 2024. For that period, the average exchange rate for Tonga was 2.0777 Tongan Pa’angas per USD with a minimum of 1.6356 Tongan Pa’angas per USD in August 2011 and a maximum of 2.4337 Tongan Pa’angas per USD in October 2022. The most recent available data point is 2.3637 Tongan Pa’angas per USD, a change of -0.06% from the previous data point of 2.3651 Tongan Pa’angas per USD and a change of -0.6% from a year ago when the level was 2.3779 Tongan Pa’angas per USD.

Currency values in Tonga and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.