Chickens — Stocks in Tonga
Tonga: Chickens — Stocks was 347 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 347 1000 An for chickens — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Tonga peaked at 347 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43 1000 An, in 1973.
Tonga ranks 174th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chickens — Stocks in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 55 1000 An | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 60 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 66 1000 An | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 71 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 84 1000 An | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 117 1000 An | +39.3% |
| 1968 | 132 1000 An | +12.8% |
| 1969 | 109 1000 An | -17.4% |
| 1970 | 80 1000 An | -26.6% |
| 1971 | 67 1000 An | -16.2% |
| 1972 | 44 1000 An | -34.3% |
| 1973 | 43 1000 An | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 56 1000 An | +30.2% |
| 1975 | 114 1000 An | +103.6% |
| 1976 | 146 1000 An | +28.1% |
| 1977 | 105 1000 An | -28.1% |
| 1978 | 162 1000 An | +54.3% |
| 1979 | 153 1000 An | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 146 1000 An | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 200 1000 An | +37.0% |
| 1982 | 210 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 122 1000 An | -41.9% |
| 1984 | 115 1000 An | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 266 1000 An | +131.3% |
| 1986 | 280 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 300 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 337 1000 An | +12.3% |
| 1989 | 263 1000 An | -22.0% |
| 1990 | 200 1000 An | -24.0% |
| 1991 | 200 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 210 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 215 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 215 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 266 1000 An | +23.7% |
| 1996 | 300 1000 An | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 330 1000 An | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 330 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 330 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 330 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 325 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 328 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 330 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 329 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 330 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 331 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 333 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 335 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 337 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 339 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 344 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 344 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 346 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 347 1000 An | +0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 347 1000 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,904 1000 An, 2% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 347 1000 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,803 1000 An, 7% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +131.3% | 115 1000 An | 266 1000 An |
| 1975 | +103.6% | 56 1000 An | 114 1000 An |
| 1978 | +54.3% | 105 1000 An | 162 1000 An |
| 1983 | -41.9% | 210 1000 An | 122 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.56 1000 An | 49 1000 An | 132 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 97 1000 An | 43 1000 An | 162 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 223.9 1000 An | 115 1000 An | 337 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 250.6 1000 An | 200 1000 An | 300 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 309 1000 An | 300 1000 An | 330 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 330.8 1000 An | 325 1000 An | 337 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 344 1000 An | 339 1000 An | 347 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 171 Vanuatu 436 1000 An compare
- 172 Equatorial Guinea 385 1000 An compare
- 173 Grenada 384 1000 An compare
- 175 French Polynesia 339 1000 An compare
- 176 Seychelles 262 1000 An compare
- 177 Martinique 250 1000 An 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 chickens — stocks in Tonga?
- Chickens — stocks in Tonga was 347 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 347 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 43 1000 An in 1973.
- How does Tonga rank for chickens — stocks?
- Tonga ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 Chickens — Stocks. 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.