Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle fat, unrendered — Production was 11.09 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle fat, unrendered — production in Tonga is 11.09 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — production in Tonga peaked at 20.72 t in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1.74 t, in 1967.
Tonga ranks 174th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.96 t | — |
| 1962 | 1.96 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2.02 t | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 3.11 t | +54.0% |
| 1965 | 1.96 t | -37.0% |
| 1966 | 1.91 t | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 1.74 t | -8.9% |
| 1968 | 1.8 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 2.18 t | +21.1% |
| 1970 | 1.74 t | -20.2% |
| 1971 | 2.13 t | +22.4% |
| 1972 | 2.36 t | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 2.58 t | +9.3% |
| 1974 | 2.64 t | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 5.44 t | +106.1% |
| 1976 | 5.5 t | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 5.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5.61 t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 5.61 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6.17 t | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 6.87 t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 7.33 t | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 7.51 t | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 7.62 t | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 7.51 t | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 8.31 t | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 8.9 t | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 9.49 t | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 10.97 t | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 9.75 t | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 9.14 t | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 9.14 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8.53 t | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 8.53 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8.53 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 20.72 t | +142.9% |
| 1997 | 8.53 t | -58.8% |
| 1998 | 8.53 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9.75 t | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 11.23 t | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 10.97 t | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 10.97 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10.97 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10.97 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.97 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11.27 t | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 11.58 t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 11.58 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.58 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11.19 t | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 11.18 t | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 11.87 t | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 11.5 t | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 11.25 t | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 11.08 t | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 11.12 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 11.31 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 11.34 t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 11.28 t | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 11.16 t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 11.21 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 11.15 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 11.12 t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 11.09 t | -0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 11.09 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,833 t, 1% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 11.09 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,364 t, 1% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle fat, unrendered — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +142.9% | 8.53 t | 20.72 t |
| 1975 | +106.1% | 2.64 t | 5.44 t |
| 1997 | -58.8% | 20.72 t | 8.53 t |
| 1964 | +54.0% | 2.02 t | 3.11 t |
| 1965 | -37.0% | 3.11 t | 1.96 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.07 t | 1.74 t | 3.11 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.91 t | 1.74 t | 5.61 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.07 t | 6.17 t | 10.97 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.11 t | 8.53 t | 20.72 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.21 t | 10.97 t | 11.58 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.31 t | 11.08 t | 11.87 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.15 t | 11.09 t | 11.21 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 171 Liberia 19.37 t compare
- 172 Dominica 14.14 t compare
- 173 Saint Lucia 11.54 t compare
- 175 French Guiana 11 t compare
- 176 Sao Tome and Principe 8.67 t compare
- 177 French Polynesia 5.91 t 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 cattle fat, unrendered — production in Tonga?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — production in Tonga was 11.09 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 20.72 t in 1996.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.74 t in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle fat, unrendered — production?
- Tonga ranks 174th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle fat, unrendered — Production. 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.