Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga
Tonga: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 283 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga stood at 283 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga peaked at 300 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Tonga ranks 53rd of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 8 ha | — |
| 1976 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 13 ha | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 15 ha | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22 ha | +29.4% |
| 1984 | 24 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 26 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 26 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 29 ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 61 ha | +110.3% |
| 1990 | 72 ha | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 85 ha | +18.1% |
| 1992 | 105 ha | +23.5% |
| 1993 | 113 ha | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 107 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 106 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 105 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 148 ha | +41.0% |
| 1999 | 186 ha | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 250 ha | +34.4% |
| 2001 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 272 ha | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 250 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 255 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 261 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 270 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 268 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 267 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 266 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 266 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 260 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 262 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 271 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 282 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 272 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 274 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 276 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 274 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 285 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 282 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 282 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 283 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.1 ha | 0 ha | 13 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.4 ha | 15 ha | 61 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 113.2 ha | 72 ha | 186 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 264.3 ha | 250 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 270.5 ha | 260 ha | 282 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 281.2 ha | 274 ha | 285 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 50 Samoa 399 ha compare
- 51 Dominica 382 ha compare
- 52 Guadeloupe 373 ha compare
- 54 Serbia 279 ha compare
- 55 Martinique 230 ha compare
- 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 191 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tonga was 283 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 300 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Tonga ranks 53rd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. 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.