Chicken meat yield per animal in Tonga
Tonga: Chicken meat yield per animal was 0.733 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▼ Falling
Chicken meat yield per animal in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
In 2024, chicken meat yield per animal in Tonga stood at 0.733 kilograms per animal. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yield per animal in Tonga peaked at 0.88 kilograms per animal in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.733 kilograms per animal, in 2024.
That places Tonga 188th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8367 kilograms per animal | 0.83 kilograms per animal | 0.85 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.853 kilograms per animal | 0.85 kilograms per animal | 0.86 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.868 kilograms per animal | 0.86 kilograms per animal | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 0.88 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7854 kilograms per animal | 0.751 kilograms per animal | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.741 kilograms per animal | 0.733 kilograms per animal | 0.748 kilograms per animal | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 185 Sierra Leone 0.785 kilograms per animal compare
- 186 Ghana 0.769 kilograms per animal compare
- 187 Nepal 0.766 kilograms per animal compare
- 189 Sao Tome and Principe 0.703 kilograms per animal compare
- 190 Bangladesh 0.7 kilograms per animal compare
- 191 Botswana 0.685 kilograms per animal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 120.22 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 18.6% (2024)
- Rural population 81,794 (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 78.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 18.6% (2024)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 18.6% (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 113 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yield per animal in Tonga?
- Chicken meat yield per animal in Tonga was 0.733 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.88 kilograms per animal in 1989.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.733 kilograms per animal in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for chicken meat yield per animal?
- Tonga ranks 188th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yield per animal rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yield per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.