Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 2,233 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Tonga, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tonga is 2,233 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 2,300 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1985.
Tonga ranks 55th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 30 ha | — |
| 1986 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +150.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1991 | 2,186 ha | +118.6% |
| 1992 | 1,100 ha | -49.7% |
| 1993 | 2,113 ha | +92.1% |
| 1994 | 2,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | -52.4% |
| 1996 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1997 | 1,574 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | -36.5% |
| 1999 | 1,700 ha | +70.0% |
| 2000 | 1,785 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 1,835 ha | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 1,849 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,868 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,889 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 2,100 ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 1,948 ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 1,975 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 2,003 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 2,032 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,300 ha | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 2,092 ha | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 2,133 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 2,167 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2,185 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,201 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,226 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2,249 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,225 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,233 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,236 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,231 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,233 ha | +0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 2,233 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,722 ha, 60% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 2,233 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,891 ha, 46% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +150.0% | 200 ha | 500 ha |
| 1991 | +118.6% | 1,000 ha | 2,186 ha |
| 1987 | +100.0% | 50 ha | 100 ha |
| 1988 | +100.0% | 100 ha | 200 ha |
| 1990 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1993 | +92.1% | 1,100 ha | 2,113 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 176 ha | 30 ha | 500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,517 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,186 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,905 ha | 1,785 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,159 ha | 2,003 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,232 ha | 2,225 ha | 2,236 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tonga?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Tonga was 2,233 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1985.
- How does Tonga rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 55th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.