Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 2,225 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tonga stood at 2,225 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 9,879 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 2,153 ha, in 2011.
That places Tonga 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,189 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,450 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 8,540 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 8,720 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 8,750 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 8,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 8,850 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 8,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 8,950 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 9,160 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 9,360 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 9,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 9,640 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 9,808 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 9,879 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 9,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 9,521 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 8,903 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 8,665 ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 8,337 ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 7,967 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 7,802 ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 7,424 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 7,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 6,586 ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 6,107 ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 5,629 ha | -7.8% |
| 1989 | 5,291 ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 5,341 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 3,337 ha | -37.5% |
| 1992 | 4,679 ha | +40.2% |
| 1993 | 5,332 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 5,107 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 4,671 ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 4,147 ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 3,611 ha | -12.9% |
| 1998 | 3,076 ha | -14.8% |
| 1999 | 2,381 ha | -22.6% |
| 2000 | 2,390 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,200 ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 2,385 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 2,378 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,361 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,351 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,341 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,460 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 2,345 ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 2,280 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 2,213 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 2,153 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 2,155 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,232 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,201 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 2,154 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 2,220 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,204 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,207 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,224 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,201 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,216 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,223 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,227 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,225 ha | -0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 2,225 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22,762 ha, 10% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 2,225 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,206 ha, 16% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +40.2% | 3,337 ha | 4,679 ha |
| 1991 | -37.5% | 5,341 ha | 3,337 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,689 ha | 8,189 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,442 ha | 8,903 ha | 9,879 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,091 ha | 5,291 ha | 8,665 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,168 ha | 2,381 ha | 5,341 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,349 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,196 ha | 2,153 ha | 2,232 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,218 ha | 2,201 ha | 2,227 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 153 Gambia 2,763 ha compare
- 153 Sao Tome and Principe 2,763 ha compare
- 155 Palestine 2,350 ha compare
- 157 Montenegro 1,913 ha compare
- 158 Mauritius 1,203 ha compare
- 159 Guadeloupe 1,148 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tonga?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tonga was 2,225 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 9,879 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,153 ha in 2011.
- How does Tonga rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.