Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Tonga
Tonga: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 9,343 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 9,343 t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Tonga peaked at 18,689 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3,700 t, in 1991.
That places Tonga 132nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,825 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,634 t | -32.8% |
| 1963 | 12,590 t | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 11,299 t | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 10,800 t | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 13,270 t | +22.9% |
| 1967 | 13,285 t | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 10,688 t | -19.5% |
| 1969 | 13,941 t | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 10,174 t | -27.0% |
| 1971 | 11,090 t | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 14,340 t | +29.3% |
| 1973 | 11,740 t | -18.1% |
| 1974 | 13,950 t | +18.8% |
| 1975 | 16,550 t | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 15,310 t | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 14,025 t | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 10,140 t | -27.7% |
| 1979 | 10,155 t | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 14,070 t | +38.6% |
| 1981 | 13,175 t | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 6,890 t | -47.7% |
| 1983 | 6,950 t | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 7,675 t | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 7,285 t | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 9,625 t | +32.1% |
| 1987 | 6,360 t | -33.9% |
| 1988 | 4,640 t | -27.0% |
| 1989 | 4,410 t | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 3,730 t | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 3,700 t | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 4,203 t | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 5,620 t | +33.7% |
| 1994 | 5,651 t | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 5,716 t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 5,979 t | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 6,370 t | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 7,368 t | +15.7% |
| 1999 | 7,587 t | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 7,587 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7,793 t | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 7,794 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7,793 t | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,768 t | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 7,775 t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 10,013 t | +28.8% |
| 2007 | 18,689 t | +86.7% |
| 2008 | 18,539 t | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 18,477 t | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 18,247 t | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 18,109 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 17,279 t | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 17,298 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 12,122 t | -29.9% |
| 2015 | 11,566 t | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 9,118 t | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 9,123 t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,585 t | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 8,571 t | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,712 t | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 8,869 t | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 9,138 t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 9,227 t | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 9,343 t | +1.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 9,343 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32,575 t, 29% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 9,343 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35,504 t, 26% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +86.7% | 10,013 t | 18,689 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,481 t | 10,634 t | 15,825 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,747 t | 10,140 t | 16,550 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,108 t | 4,410 t | 14,070 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,592 t | 3,700 t | 7,587 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,223 t | 7,587 t | 18,689 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,002 t | 8,571 t | 18,247 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,058 t | 8,712 t | 9,343 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 129 Kyrgyzstan 10,955 t compare
- 130 Rwanda 10,925 t compare
- 131 Yemen 9,636 t compare
- 133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,103 t compare
- 134 Iraq 9,071 t compare
- 135 Equatorial Guinea 9,068 t 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, oil equivalent — production in Tonga?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Tonga was 9,343 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 18,689 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,700 t in 1991.
- How does Tonga rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Tonga ranks 132nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. 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, Oil Equivalent — 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.