Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 10,121 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Tonga stood at 10,121 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Tonga peaked at 19,333 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1983.
Tonga ranks 27th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,750 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1963 | 13,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12,500 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 14,286 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 15,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 18,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 18,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 19,333 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1971 | 18,929 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 18,929 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18,518 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 19,231 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 13,200 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1976 | 14,000 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 16,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 12,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 16,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 14,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 12,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 8,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 15,556 kg/ha | +94.4% |
| 1985 | 17,044 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 14,815 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1987 | 12,727 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1988 | 12,985 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 13,044 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 13,401 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 13,664 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 14,631 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 12,355 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 12,000 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 12,314 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 12,402 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 12,308 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 12,238 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 11,920 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 10,886 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 12,000 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 11,928 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 11,861 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 11,820 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 11,759 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 12,308 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 12,222 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 11,422 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 11,165 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 10,901 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 10,632 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 9,464 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 10,178 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 10,217 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 10,036 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 9,918 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 9,858 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 10,245 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 9,929 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 10,220 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 10,097 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 9,897 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 10,018 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 10,121 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 10,121 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 10,121 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,836 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +94.4% | 8,000 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +33.3% | 12,000 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -31.4% | 19,231 kg/ha | 13,200 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,810 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,614 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 19,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,017 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 17,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,723 kg/ha | 11,920 kg/ha | 14,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,737 kg/ha | 10,886 kg/ha | 12,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,138 kg/ha | 9,464 kg/ha | 10,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,070 kg/ha | 9,897 kg/ha | 10,220 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Tonga?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Tonga was 10,121 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 19,333 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Tonga rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Tonga ranks 27th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.