Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 2,030 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 2,030 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 2,854 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 540 ha, in 1999.
Tonga ranks 73rd of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 820 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 830 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 850 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 880 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 890 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 940 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 950 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 1,370 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,145 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 2,854 ha | +149.3% |
| 1992 | 2,733 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 2,650 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 1,889 ha | -28.7% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | -20.6% |
| 1996 | 1,155 ha | -23.0% |
| 1997 | 808 ha | -30.0% |
| 1998 | 543 ha | -32.8% |
| 1999 | 540 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 540 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,539 ha | +185.0% |
| 2002 | 1,539 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,527 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1,370 ha | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 1,403 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,463 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 1,550 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 1,619 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1,711 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 1,804 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 1,899 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,276 ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 1,864 ha | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 2,046 ha | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 2,098 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 2,067 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,983 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 2,049 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 2,033 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,022 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,035 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,030 ha | -0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 2,030 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 77% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 2,030 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,560 ha, 37% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +185.0% | 540 ha | 1,539 ha |
| 1991 | +149.3% | 1,145 ha | 2,854 ha |
| 1998 | -32.8% | 808 ha | 543 ha |
| 1997 | -30.0% | 1,155 ha | 808 ha |
| 1994 | -28.7% | 2,650 ha | 1,889 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 870 ha | 800 ha | 940 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,056 ha | 950 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,367 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,582 ha | 540 ha | 2,854 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,426 ha | 540 ha | 1,711 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,004 ha | 1,804 ha | 2,276 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,034 ha | 2,022 ha | 2,049 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Tonga?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Tonga was 2,030 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2,854 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 540 ha in 1999.
- How does Tonga rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 73rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.