Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Tonga
Tonga: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 37,335 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga is 37,335 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga peaked at 43,000 An in 1980 and was at its lowest, 12,000 An, in 1961.
Tonga ranks 124th of 172 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Tonga, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 17,000 An | +41.7% |
| 1963 | 18,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 19,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 20,500 An | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 24,000 An | +17.1% |
| 1967 | 22,000 An | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 23,500 An | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 25,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 27,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 27,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 28,500 An | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 29,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 32,000 An | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 36,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 39,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 40,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 41,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 42,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 43,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 41,000 An | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 38,000 An | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 36,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 35,500 An | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 35,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 36,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 36,500 An | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 37,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 35,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 35,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 35,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 35,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 34,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 33,920 An | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 34,000 An | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 34,300 An | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 34,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 34,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 34,535 An | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 34,699 An | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 35,400 An | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 35,569 An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 36,016 An | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 36,055 An | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 36,228 An | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 36,420 An | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 36,207 An | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 36,337 An | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 36,465 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 36,683 An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 36,954 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 37,145 An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 37,335 An | +0.5% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 37,335 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 133,389 An, 28% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 37,335 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 116,557 An, 32% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +41.7% | 12,000 An | 17,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,111 An | 12,000 An | 25,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,150 An | 27,000 An | 42,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,350 An | 35,000 An | 43,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,300 An | 34,000 An | 35,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,082 An | 33,920 An | 34,300 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,747 An | 34,535 An | 36,420 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,916 An | 36,465 An | 37,335 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 121 Eswatini 42,173 An compare
- 122 Samoa 38,850 An compare
- 123 Uzbekistan 37,422 An compare
- 125 Montenegro 36,780 An compare
- 126 New Caledonia 35,308 An compare
- 127 Barbados 35,169 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 fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga was 37,335 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 43,000 An in 1980.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 An in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Tonga ranks 124th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.