Lemons and limes — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Lemons and limes — Yield was 1,986 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Tonga stood at 1,986 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Tonga peaked at 2,933 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,333 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Tonga 99th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,875 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1963 | 2,500 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,222 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,333 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 2,444 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 2,556 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 2,667 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 2,778 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,790 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 2,812 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 2,865 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 2,917 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 2,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,933 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 2,598 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1992 | 2,689 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 2,778 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 2,730 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 2,726 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,724 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,720 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,718 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,715 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 2,713 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,711 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,710 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,709 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,707 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,704 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,737 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 2,760 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 2,650 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 2,586 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 2,500 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 2,386 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 2,064 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,064 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,128 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 2,142 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 2,123 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,092 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,054 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 2,002 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 2,029 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,007 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,986 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,986 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,986 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,425 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +40.6% | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +33.3% | 1,875 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,147 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,861 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,733 kg/ha | 2,598 kg/ha | 2,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,699 kg/ha | 2,586 kg/ha | 2,760 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,155 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,003 kg/ha | 1,986 kg/ha | 2,029 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 96 Bhutan 3,071 kg/ha compare
- 97 Georgia 2,906 kg/ha compare
- 98 Philippines 2,034 kg/ha compare
- 100 French Guiana 1,952 kg/ha compare
- 101 Dominican Republic 1,844 kg/ha compare
- 102 French Polynesia 1,825 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 lemons and limes — yield in Tonga?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Tonga was 1,986 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2,933 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,333 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Tonga ranks 99th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 Lemons and limes — Yield. 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.