Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Tonga
Tonga: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production was 29.33 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 29.33 t for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga peaked at 48 t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 7.5 t, in 1961.
That places Tonga 144th out of 171 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.5 t | — |
| 1962 | 7.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9 t | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 9.75 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 9 t | -7.7% |
| 1966 | 9.75 t | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 10.5 t | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 12 t | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12.6 t | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 21.9 t | +73.8% |
| 1976 | 22.5 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 25.5 t | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 30 t | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 36 t | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 42 t | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 48 t | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 39 t | -18.8% |
| 1983 | 34.5 t | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 34.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 34.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 36 t | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 37.5 t | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 39 t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 28.5 t | -26.9% |
| 1990 | 30 t | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 31.5 t | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 27 t | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 25.5 t | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 24 t | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 24 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 24.75 t | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25.5 t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 26.25 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 26.25 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 26.25 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 25.38 t | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 25.31 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 26.05 t | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 27 t | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 26.92 t | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 27.06 t | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 26.88 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 27.18 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 27.37 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 27.66 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 27.92 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 28.37 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 28.71 t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 29.02 t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 29.33 t | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.67 t | 7.5 t | 12 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.65 t | 12 t | 36 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.35 t | 28.5 t | 48 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.68 t | 24 t | 31.5 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.27 t | 24.75 t | 26.25 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.68 t | 25.31 t | 27.66 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.67 t | 27.92 t | 29.33 t | 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 meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Tonga was 29.33 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 48 t in 1981.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5 t in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Tonga ranks 144th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 goat, 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.