Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Tonga
Tonga: Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... was 1.24 billion tonnes in 2023. ▬ Flat
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Tonga, 2019–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
In 2023, global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Tonga stood at 1.24 billion tonnes.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.5% over five years.
That places Tonga 1st out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Tonga, year by year
| Year | tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.26 billion tonnes | — |
| 2020 | 1.12 billion tonnes | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 1.43 billion tonnes | +28.0% |
| 2022 | 1.22 billion tonnes | -14.7% |
| 2023 | 1.24 billion tonnes | +1.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1.24 billion tonnes is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 471.46 million tonnes, 2.6× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1.24 billion tonnes is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 515.05 million tonnes, 2.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.26 billion tonnes | 1.26 billion tonnes | 1.26 billion tonnes | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.25 billion tonnes | 1.12 billion tonnes | 1.43 billion tonnes | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 2 Mongolia 1.10 billion tonnes compare
- 3 Marshall Islands 1.04 billion tonnes compare
- 4 United States 987.70 million tonnes 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 global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Tonga?
- Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Tonga was 1.24 billion tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 billion tonnes in 2021.
- What is the lowest global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.12 billion tonnes in 2020.
- How does Tonga rank for global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of.... Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Hypothetical global meat demand if everyone in the world ate the same quantity as the average citizen of a given country.