Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 4,097 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 4,097 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 11,295 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3,645 ha, in 1990.
Tonga ranks 142nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,820 ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 8,330 ha | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 8,550 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 8,080 ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 8,390 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 8,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 8,120 ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 8,440 ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 7,950 ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 8,260 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 8,770 ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 8,980 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 9,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 9,150 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 8,200 ha | -10.4% |
| 1979 | 8,250 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 10,300 ha | +24.8% |
| 1981 | 9,370 ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 5,300 ha | -43.4% |
| 1983 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,400 ha | +20.8% |
| 1985 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,400 ha | -31.2% |
| 1988 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,645 ha | -17.2% |
| 1991 | 5,661 ha | +55.3% |
| 1992 | 5,733 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 7,824 ha | +36.5% |
| 1994 | 6,889 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 6,587 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 6,462 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 6,808 ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 7,543 ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 8,640 ha | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 8,640 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,388 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 8,360 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 8,295 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 8,187 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 7,625 ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 10,263 ha | +34.6% |
| 2007 | 10,450 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 10,569 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 11,211 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 11,295 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 10,795 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 10,004 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 9,667 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 5,708 ha | -41.0% |
| 2015 | 5,047 ha | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 4,476 ha | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 5,152 ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 4,531 ha | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 4,083 ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 4,149 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 4,144 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 4,193 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 4,139 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 4,097 ha | -1.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 4,097 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 19% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 4,097 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 5% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +55.3% | 3,645 ha | 5,661 ha |
| 1982 | -43.4% | 9,370 ha | 5,300 ha |
| 2014 | -41.0% | 9,667 ha | 5,708 ha |
| 1993 | +36.5% | 5,733 ha | 7,824 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,326 ha | 7,820 ha | 8,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,666 ha | 7,950 ha | 9,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,267 ha | 4,400 ha | 10,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,579 ha | 3,645 ha | 8,640 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,199 ha | 7,625 ha | 11,211 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,076 ha | 4,083 ha | 11,295 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,144 ha | 4,097 ha | 4,193 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 139 Niue 5,285 ha compare
- 140 North Macedonia 5,173 ha compare
- 141 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,883 ha compare
- 143 Saudi Arabia 4,058 ha compare
- 144 Fiji 3,553 ha compare
- 145 Dominica 3,322 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0499 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2935 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0497 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2945 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tonga?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Tonga was 4,097 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 11,295 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,645 ha in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 142nd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. 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.