Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 5,397 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Tonga stood at 5,397 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 8,008 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 3,487 ha, in 1978.
That places Tonga 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,577 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,621 ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 3,637 ha | -21.3% |
| 1964 | 4,753 ha | +30.7% |
| 1965 | 4,820 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 5,287 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 5,653 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 5,270 ha | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 3,987 ha | -24.3% |
| 1970 | 3,993 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 3,865 ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 3,828 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 3,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 3,705 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 3,715 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 3,595 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 3,665 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 3,487 ha | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 3,950 ha | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 4,513 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 5,565 ha | +23.3% |
| 1982 | 3,678 ha | -33.9% |
| 1983 | 4,750 ha | +29.1% |
| 1984 | 5,805 ha | +22.2% |
| 1985 | 5,864 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 8,008 ha | +36.6% |
| 1987 | 7,100 ha | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 5,175 ha | -27.1% |
| 1989 | 4,245 ha | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 4,165 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 4,206 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 3,810 ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 3,871 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 3,548 ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 3,694 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 3,757 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 3,745 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 3,672 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 3,550 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 3,741 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 3,784 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 3,925 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 3,966 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 4,044 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 4,122 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 4,267 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 4,409 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 4,424 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 4,521 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 4,609 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 4,740 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 5,157 ha | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 5,309 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 5,357 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,460 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 5,329 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 5,379 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 5,408 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 5,411 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,424 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,405 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,391 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,401 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,397 ha | -0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 5,397 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 8% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 5,397 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,152 ha, 24% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +36.6% | 5,864 ha | 8,008 ha |
| 1982 | -33.9% | 5,565 ha | 3,678 ha |
| 1964 | +30.7% | 3,637 ha | 4,753 ha |
| 1983 | +29.1% | 3,678 ha | 4,750 ha |
| 1988 | -27.1% | 7,100 ha | 5,175 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,734 ha | 3,637 ha | 5,653 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,750 ha | 3,487 ha | 3,993 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,470 ha | 3,678 ha | 8,008 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,802 ha | 3,548 ha | 4,206 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,120 ha | 3,741 ha | 4,521 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,216 ha | 4,609 ha | 5,460 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,404 ha | 5,391 ha | 5,424 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 146 Finland 7,170 ha compare
- 147 Samoa 6,683 ha compare
- 148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,378 ha compare
- 150 Fiji 5,165 ha compare
- 151 Sao Tome and Principe 4,868 ha compare
- 152 New Caledonia 4,802 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Tonga?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Tonga was 5,397 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 8,008 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,487 ha in 1978.
- How does Tonga rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.