Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Meat, Total — Production, per capita was 0.0237 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.0237 t per person for meat, total — production, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production, per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.0248 t per person in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.007 t per person, in 1961.
That places Tonga 93rd out of 171 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, Total — Production, per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.007 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0091 t per person | +30.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0093 t per person | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 0.01 t per person | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0099 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0111 t per person | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0106 t per person | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0113 t per person | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0112 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0114 t per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0128 t per person | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0124 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0125 t per person | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0134 t per person | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0161 t per person | +20.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0177 t per person | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 0.017 t per person | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 0.018 t per person | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0182 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0185 t per person | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0198 t per person | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0194 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0179 t per person | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0179 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0185 t per person | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0204 t per person | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 0.021 t per person | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0215 t per person | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0214 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0208 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0206 t per person | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0208 t per person | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0202 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0202 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0207 t per person | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0248 t per person | +19.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0209 t per person | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0207 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.021 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0213 t per person | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0211 t per person | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.021 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0209 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0207 t per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0204 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0207 t per person | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0213 t per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0211 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0212 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0211 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0211 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0218 t per person | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0218 t per person | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0221 t per person | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0223 t per person | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0226 t per person | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0228 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0227 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0227 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0227 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.023 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0233 t per person | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0235 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0237 t per person | +0.9% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0237 t per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0348 t per person, 68% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0237 t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0234 t per person, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +30.8% | 0.007 t per person | 0.0091 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0099 t per person | 0.007 t per person | 0.0113 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0149 t per person | 0.0114 t per person | 0.0182 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0196 t per person | 0.0179 t per person | 0.0215 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0211 t per person | 0.0202 t per person | 0.0248 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.021 t per person | 0.0204 t per person | 0.0213 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0221 t per person | 0.0211 t per person | 0.0228 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0232 t per person | 0.0227 t per person | 0.0237 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 90 Montenegro 0.0244 t per person compare
- 91 Bahrain 0.0241 t per person compare
- 92 Kuwait 0.0241 t per person compare
- 94 Burkina Faso 0.0234 t per person compare
- 95 New Caledonia 0.0234 t per person compare
- 96 Georgia 0.0233 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, total — production, per capita in Tonga?
- Meat, total — production, per capita in Tonga was 0.0237 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, total — production, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0248 t per person in 1996.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.007 t per person in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for meat, total — production, per capita?
- Tonga ranks 93rd out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production, per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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, Total — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat, Total — 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, Total — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat, Total — 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, Total — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.