Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Tonga
Tonga: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1,911 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 1,911 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga peaked at 3,200 An in 1981 and was at its lowest, 500 An, in 1961.
That places Tonga 191st out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 644.44 An | 500 An | 800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,310 An | 800 An | 2,400 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,490 An | 1,900 An | 3,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,845 An | 1,600 An | 2,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,685 An | 1,650 An | 1,750 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,779 An | 1,687 An | 1,844 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,893 An | 1,861 An | 1,913 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 188 Luxembourg 2,600 An compare
- 189 Sao Tome and Principe 2,475 An compare
- 190 Seychelles 2,016 An compare
- 192 Vanuatu 1,903 An compare
- 193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,890 An compare
- 194 Suriname 1,438 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Agriculture share gdp 18.57 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 18.57 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
- Rural population 78.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 81,794 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 18.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 120.22 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 817.1 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Tonga was 1,911 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 3,200 An in 1981.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 An in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Tonga ranks 191st out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.