Fruit Primary — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Fruit Primary — Yield was 1,579 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Tonga stood at 1,579 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Tonga peaked at 5,494 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,579 kg/ha, in 2024.
Tonga ranks 189th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,070 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,276 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 3,777 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 3,322 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 4,438 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1966 | 4,912 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 5,494 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 5,436 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 4,324 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1970 | 4,318 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 3,966 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 3,900 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 3,986 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 4,130 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 3,822 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 3,894 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 4,227 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 3,771 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1979 | 3,861 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 3,138 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 2,682 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1982 | 3,334 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1983 | 3,147 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 2,765 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1985 | 2,772 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 2,242 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1987 | 2,458 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 3,072 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 3,710 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 3,442 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 3,360 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 3,925 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 4,129 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 2,955 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1995 | 3,106 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 3,058 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,972 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 2,885 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 2,521 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 2,594 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 2,657 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 2,646 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,577 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 2,502 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 2,432 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 2,410 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,385 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 2,197 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 2,108 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 2,026 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 1,927 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 1,657 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,652 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,614 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,629 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,602 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,601 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,589 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,586 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,590 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,582 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,580 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,579 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,579 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11,381 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,579 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,443 kg/ha, 17% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +33.6% | 3,322 kg/ha | 4,438 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,228 kg/ha | 3,070 kg/ha | 5,494 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,988 kg/ha | 3,771 kg/ha | 4,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,932 kg/ha | 2,242 kg/ha | 3,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,235 kg/ha | 2,521 kg/ha | 4,129 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,451 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 2,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,696 kg/ha | 1,589 kg/ha | 2,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,583 kg/ha | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 186 Central African Republic 2,186 kg/ha compare
- 187 Mauritania 1,879 kg/ha compare
- 188 Estonia 1,724 kg/ha compare
- 190 Niue 645.1 kg/ha compare
- 191 Mongolia 636.8 kg/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 — yield in Tonga?
- Fruit primary — yield in Tonga was 1,579 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 5,494 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,579 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Tonga rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Tonga ranks 189th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — Yield. 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.