Meat, Poultry — Production, per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Meat, Poultry — Production, per capita was 0.0026 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Production, per capita in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — production, per capita in Tonga stood at 0.0026 t per person.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production, per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.0032 t per person in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 t per person, in 1973.
That places Tonga 119th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Production, per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0007 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0008 t per person | +26.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0008 t per person | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0008 t per person | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0009 t per person | +10.2% |
| 1966 | 0.001 t per person | +11.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0015 t per person | +48.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0018 t per person | +19.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0012 t per person | -29.9% |
| 1970 | 0.001 t per person | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0013 t per person | +32.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0005 t per person | -63.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0005 t per person | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0006 t per person | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0011 t per person | +99.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0018 t per person | +58.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0009 t per person | -50.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0015 t per person | +69.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 t per person | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0011 t per person | -16.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0017 t per person | +45.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0023 t per person | +36.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0016 t per person | -30.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0017 t per person | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0023 t per person | +36.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0027 t per person | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0029 t per person | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0032 t per person | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0024 t per person | -24.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0022 t per person | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0022 t per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0023 t per person | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0023 t per person | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0023 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0029 t per person | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0032 t per person | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0031 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0031 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0031 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0031 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0031 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.003 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.003 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.003 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.003 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0031 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0031 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0031 t per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0031 t per person | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0026 t per person | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0026 t per person | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0027 t per person | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0028 t per person | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0027 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0027 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0027 t per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0027 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0026 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0026 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0026 t per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0026 t per person | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0026 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0026 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0026 t per person | -0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0026 t per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0145 t per person, 18% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0026 t per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0081 t per person, 32% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +99.9% | 0.0006 t per person | 0.0011 t per person |
| 1978 | +69.2% | 0.0009 t per person | 0.0015 t per person |
| 1972 | -63.6% | 0.0013 t per person | 0.0005 t per person |
| 1976 | +58.7% | 0.0011 t per person | 0.0018 t per person |
| 1977 | -50.1% | 0.0018 t per person | 0.0009 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.001 t per person | 0.0007 t per person | 0.0018 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0011 t per person | 0.0005 t per person | 0.0018 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0022 t per person | 0.0011 t per person | 0.0032 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0027 t per person | 0.0022 t per person | 0.0032 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0031 t per person | 0.003 t per person | 0.0031 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0027 t per person | 0.0026 t per person | 0.0028 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0026 t per person | 0.0026 t per person | 0.0026 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 116 Madagascar 0.0029 t per person compare
- 117 Kyrgyzstan 0.0027 t per person compare
- 118 Uganda 0.0027 t per person compare
- 120 Liberia 0.0026 t per person compare
- 121 French Polynesia 0.0025 t per person compare
- 122 Zambia 0.0024 t per person 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, poultry — production, per capita in Tonga?
- Meat, poultry — production, per capita in Tonga was 0.0026 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0032 t per person in 1988.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 t per person in 1973.
- How does Tonga rank for meat, poultry — production, per capita?
- Tonga ranks 119th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production, per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat, Poultry — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat, Poultry — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat, Poultry — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat, Poultry — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat, Poultry — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.