Bananas — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Bananas — Yield was 1,431 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Tonga stood at 1,431 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Tonga peaked at 5,385 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 864 kg/ha, in 1982.
Tonga ranks 118th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,711 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,833 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 3,667 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1966 | 4,571 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1967 | 5,385 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1968 | 5,286 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 3,414 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1970 | 2,667 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1971 | 2,103 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1972 | 1,946 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 2,061 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 2,188 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 2,387 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 2,148 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 2,675 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1978 | 1,909 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1979 | 2,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 1,106 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 1981 | 1,095 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 864 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1983 | 1,815 kg/ha | +110.1% |
| 1984 | 1,033 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 1985 | 990 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 920 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 950 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 1,600 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1990 | 1,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 1,398 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 2,790 kg/ha | +99.6% |
| 1993 | 1,974 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,484 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1996 | 1,632 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 1,654 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,641 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,627 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,420 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 1,592 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 1,583 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,574 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,566 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,558 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,454 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 1,474 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1,522 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 1,514 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1,505 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,497 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,473 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,482 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,455 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 1,464 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,467 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,439 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,432 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,426 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,415 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,424 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,439 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,435 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,431 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,431 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 7% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,431 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,498 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 | +110.1% | 864 kg/ha | 1,815 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +100.0% | 1,833 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +99.6% | 1,398 kg/ha | 2,790 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +60.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,319 kg/ha | 1,711 kg/ha | 5,385 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,208 kg/ha | 1,909 kg/ha | 2,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,137 kg/ha | 864 kg/ha | 1,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,770 kg/ha | 1,398 kg/ha | 2,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,526 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 1,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,464 kg/ha | 1,426 kg/ha | 1,505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,429 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 1,439 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 2,675 kg/ha compare
- 116 Solomon Islands 2,318 kg/ha compare
- 117 Niue 1,973 kg/ha compare
- 119 French Polynesia 1,147 kg/ha compare
- 120 Antigua and Barbuda 521.6 kg/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 — yield in Tonga?
- Bananas — yield in Tonga was 1,431 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 5,385 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 864 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Tonga rank for bananas — yield?
- Tonga ranks 118th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.