Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 2,067 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tonga is 2,067 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 9,500 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,067 ha, in 2024.
That places Tonga 52nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 7,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 7,200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 7,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 7,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 7,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 7,800 ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 2,807 ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 5,174 ha | +72.5% |
| 1994 | 5,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 5,087 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 5,307 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 8,100 ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 8,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,848 ha | -15.5% |
| 2002 | 6,821 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 6,768 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 6,817 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 6,222 ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 8,800 ha | +41.4% |
| 2007 | 8,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 8,950 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 9,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 9,491 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 8,896 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 8,004 ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 7,667 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 3,432 ha | -55.2% |
| 2015 | 3,183 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 2,429 ha | -23.7% |
| 2017 | 3,054 ha | +25.7% |
| 2018 | 2,465 ha | -19.3% |
| 2019 | 2,100 ha | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,111 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,171 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,104 ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 2,067 ha | -1.8% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 2,067 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,224 ha, 64% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 2,067 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26,034 ha, 8% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +72.5% | 3,000 ha | 5,174 ha |
| 2014 | -55.2% | 7,667 ha | 3,432 ha |
| 1982 | -50.0% | 8,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2006 | +41.4% | 6,222 ha | 8,800 ha |
| 1987 | -40.0% | 5,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,456 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,610 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,900 ha | 3,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,998 ha | 2,500 ha | 8,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,773 ha | 6,222 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,072 ha | 2,100 ha | 9,491 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,111 ha | 2,067 ha | 2,171 ha | 5 |
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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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tonga?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Tonga was 2,067 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 9,500 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,067 ha in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 52nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested. 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.