Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 10,967 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Tonga stood at 10,967 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Tonga peaked at 13,974 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8,808 kg/ha, in 1985.
Tonga ranks 131st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,156 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,059 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 10,338 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 10,195 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 10,135 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 10,147 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 10,090 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 9,955 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 9,889 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 9,743 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 9,825 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 9,615 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 9,579 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 9,544 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 9,387 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 9,452 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 9,205 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 8,917 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 9,145 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 8,991 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 8,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,981 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 9,021 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 8,971 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 8,808 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 9,300 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 9,867 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 10,620 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 11,075 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 10,728 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 13,974 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1992 | 11,958 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 13,805 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 12,333 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 12,063 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 12,081 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 12,129 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 12,300 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 11,900 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 11,644 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 11,545 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 11,387 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 11,418 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 11,418 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11,389 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 11,418 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 11,057 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 11,283 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 11,304 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 11,321 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 11,345 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 11,067 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 11,290 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 11,266 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 11,013 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 11,161 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 11,096 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 10,956 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 11,057 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 11,134 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 11,086 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 10,910 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 10,969 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 10,967 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 10,967 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 10,967 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,930 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +30.3% | 10,728 kg/ha | 13,974 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,996 kg/ha | 9,156 kg/ha | 10,338 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,441 kg/ha | 8,917 kg/ha | 9,825 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,463 kg/ha | 8,808 kg/ha | 11,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,327 kg/ha | 10,728 kg/ha | 13,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,386 kg/ha | 11,057 kg/ha | 11,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,157 kg/ha | 10,956 kg/ha | 11,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,013 kg/ha | 10,910 kg/ha | 11,134 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Tonga?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Tonga was 10,967 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 13,974 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,808 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Tonga rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Tonga ranks 131st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.