Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 2,280 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 2,280 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Tonga peaked at 2,292 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 653.6 kg/ha, in 1991.
Tonga ranks 12th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,798 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,360 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1963 | 1,511 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 1,322 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1965 | 1,337 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 1,582 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 1,582 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,316 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1969 | 1,652 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1970 | 1,280 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1971 | 1,343 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 1,635 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1973 | 1,307 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 1,550 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 1,839 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 1,682 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 1,533 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 1,237 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1979 | 1,231 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 1,366 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1981 | 1,406 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 1,300 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 1,311 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,199 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 1,138 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 1,504 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1987 | 1,446 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 1,054 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1989 | 1,002 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 1,023 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 653.6 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1992 | 733.2 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 718.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 820.4 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 867.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 925.3 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 935.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 976.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 878.1 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2000 | 878.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 929.1 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 932.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 939.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 948.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,020 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 975.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 1,788 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 2008 | 1,754 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 1,648 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1,616 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,677 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 1,727 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,789 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,124 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 2,292 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 2,037 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 1,771 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 1,894 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 2,099 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 2,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,140 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,179 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 2,229 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 2,280 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 2,280 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 603 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 2,280 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 782.5 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 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 | +83.3% | 975.6 kg/ha | 1,788 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,495 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 1,798 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,464 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 1,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,273 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 853.24 kg/ha | 653.6 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,181 kg/ha | 878.2 kg/ha | 1,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,903 kg/ha | 1,616 kg/ha | 2,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,186 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha | 2,280 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 9 Colombia 2,760 kg/ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 623.6 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 601.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sao Tome and Principe 2,456 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 566.8 kg/ha compare
- 11 Peru 2,377 kg/ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 541.1 kg/ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 643.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Honduras 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 2,053 kg/ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 495.8 kg/ha compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 363.8 kg/ha compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 2,029 kg/ha 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Tonga?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Tonga was 2,280 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2,292 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 653.6 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Tonga rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Tonga ranks 12th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield. 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.