Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Tonga
Tonga: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 272.25 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga stood at 272.25 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga peaked at 334.4 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 42.5 t, in 1972.
Tonga ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44.82 t | — |
| 1962 | 58.1 t | +29.6% |
| 1963 | 54.78 t | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 59.34 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 67.2 t | +13.2% |
| 1966 | 77.28 t | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 117.6 t | +52.2% |
| 1968 | 142.8 t | +21.4% |
| 1969 | 102 t | -28.6% |
| 1970 | 85 t | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 114.75 t | +35.0% |
| 1972 | 42.5 t | -63.0% |
| 1973 | 42.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 51 t | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 104.55 t | +105.0% |
| 1976 | 170 t | +62.6% |
| 1977 | 86 t | -49.4% |
| 1978 | 146.2 t | +70.0% |
| 1979 | 133.3 t | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 111.8 t | -16.1% |
| 1981 | 163.4 t | +46.2% |
| 1982 | 223.6 t | +36.8% |
| 1983 | 156.6 t | -30.0% |
| 1984 | 165.3 t | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 226.2 t | +36.8% |
| 1986 | 261 t | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 287.1 t | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 313.2 t | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 237.6 t | -24.1% |
| 1990 | 220 t | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 220 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 228.8 t | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 233.2 t | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 233.2 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 286.88 t | +23.0% |
| 1996 | 316.8 t | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 316.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 325.6 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 334.4 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 334.4 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 328.7 t | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 276 t | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 278.68 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 294.4 t | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 294.67 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 289.59 t | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 288.56 t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 285.87 t | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 282.78 t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 278.56 t | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 275.65 t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 273.76 t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 278.17 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 275.72 t | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 273.99 t | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 272.25 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.44 t | 44.82 t | 142.8 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 97.58 t | 42.5 t | 170 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 214.58 t | 111.8 t | 313.2 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 268.93 t | 220 t | 316.8 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 322.39 t | 316.8 t | 334.4 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 284.48 t | 275.65 t | 294.67 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 274.78 t | 272.25 t | 278.17 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 179 Dominica 372.88 t compare
- 180 French Guiana 357 t compare
- 181 Solomon Islands 285.56 t compare
- 183 Equatorial Guinea 264.42 t compare
- 184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 211 t compare
- 185 Tuvalu 63.56 t 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 meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga was 272.25 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 334.4 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.5 t in 1972.
- How does Tonga rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Tonga ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. 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 Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.