Bananas — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Bananas — Area harvested was 571 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 571 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 5,000 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 440 ha, in 2001.
That places Tonga 90th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,922 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 3,900 ha | +11.4% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | -37.1% |
| 1970 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 1,950 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 1,850 ha | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 1,650 ha | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 1,600 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 1,550 ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 1,350 ha | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,100 ha | -18.5% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1993 | 611 ha | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 674 ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 700 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 669 ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 590 ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 540 ha | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 440 ha | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 476 ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 486 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 497 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 508 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 550 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 546 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 547 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 547 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 547 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 560 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 540 ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 557 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 582 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 560 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 565 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 572 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 582 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 585 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 572 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 568 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 569 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 571 ha | +0.4% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 571 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 9% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 571 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 34% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +100.0% | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1982 | -66.7% | 3,000 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1986 | +66.7% | 3,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1964 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1981 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1984 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,002 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,600 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,600 ha | 1,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 688.4 ha | 500 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 512 ha | 440 ha | 570 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 561.2 ha | 540 ha | 582 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 573 ha | 568 ha | 585 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 87 Guinea-Bissau 724 ha compare
- 88 Fiji 669 ha compare
- 89 Guyana 625 ha compare
- 91 Republic of Korea 551 ha compare
- 92 New Caledonia 457 ha compare
- 93 Grenada 443 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1857 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,154 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4224 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7884 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 18.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 18.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Tonga?
- Bananas — area harvested in Tonga was 571 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 440 ha in 2001.
- How does Tonga rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 90th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.