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 189th of 201 countries on this measure, 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 | 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
- 186 Papua New Guinea 41.57 t compare
- 187 Puerto Rico 41.02 t compare
- 188 Singapore 29.6 t compare
- 190 China, Macao SAR 27.51 t compare
- 191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.19 t compare
- 191 Seychelles 22.19 t 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 — 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 189th out of 201 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.