Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,097 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Tonga is 1,097 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 1,124 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 750 ha, in 1961.
Tonga ranks 56th of 126 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.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 998 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 1,004 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 900 ha | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 937 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 934 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 932 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 931 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 930 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 930 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 930 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 931 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 931 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 931 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 932 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 932 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 950 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 939 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 949 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 966 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 994 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,124 ha | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 1,119 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,068 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 1,057 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,063 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,079 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,092 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,108 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,093 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,098 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,097 ha | -0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,097 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 58% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,097 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 764 ha, 1.4× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 850 ha | 750 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 900 ha | 900 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 947 ha | 900 ha | 960 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 946.6 ha | 900 ha | 1,004 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 938.5 ha | 930 ha | 960 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,056 ha | 966 ha | 1,124 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,099 ha | 1,093 ha | 1,108 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 53 Madagascar 1,337 ha compare
- 54 El Salvador 1,294 ha compare
- 55 Ethiopia 1,287 ha compare
- 57 Ethiopia PDR 1,080 ha compare
- 58 Honduras 1,076 ha compare
- 59 Georgia 963 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Tonga?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Tonga was 1,097 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1,124 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 750 ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 56th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.