Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Tonga
Tonga: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 29.33 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Tonga stood at 29.33 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Tonga peaked at 48 t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 7.5 t, in 1961.
Tonga ranks 175th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.5 t | — |
| 1962 | 7.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9 t | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 9.75 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 9 t | -7.7% |
| 1966 | 9.75 t | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 10.5 t | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 12 t | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12.6 t | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 21.9 t | +73.8% |
| 1976 | 22.5 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 25.5 t | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 30 t | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 36 t | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 42 t | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 48 t | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 39 t | -18.8% |
| 1983 | 34.5 t | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 34.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 34.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 36 t | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 37.5 t | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 39 t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 28.5 t | -26.9% |
| 1990 | 30 t | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 31.5 t | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 27 t | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 25.5 t | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 24 t | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 24 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 24.75 t | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25.5 t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 26.25 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 26.25 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 26.25 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 25.38 t | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 25.31 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 26.05 t | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 27 t | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 26.92 t | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 27.06 t | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 26.88 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 27.18 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 27.37 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 27.66 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 27.92 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 28.37 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 28.71 t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 29.02 t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 29.33 t | +1.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 29.33 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,335 t, 1% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 29.33 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,043 t, 1% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +73.8% | 12.6 t | 21.9 t |
| 1989 | -26.9% | 39 t | 28.5 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.67 t | 7.5 t | 12 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.65 t | 12 t | 36 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.35 t | 28.5 t | 48 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.68 t | 24 t | 31.5 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.27 t | 24.75 t | 26.25 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.68 t | 25.31 t | 27.66 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.67 t | 27.92 t | 29.33 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 172 Papua New Guinea 41.57 t compare
- 173 Puerto Rico 41.02 t compare
- 174 Singapore 29.6 t compare
- 176 China, Macao SAR 27.51 t compare
- 177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.19 t compare
- 177 Seychelles 22.19 t compare
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 sheep and goat meat — production in Tonga?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Tonga was 29.33 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 48 t in 1981.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5 t in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Tonga ranks 175th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 — Production. 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.