Taro — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Taro — Area harvested was 456 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Tonga is 456 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 4,100 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 2001.
Tonga ranks 37th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,481 ha | 3,300 ha | 3,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,881 ha | 3,600 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 1,600 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,038 ha | 472 ha | 1,727 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 449.5 ha | 400 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 449.2 ha | 413 ha | 479 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 456.8 ha | 447 ha | 466 ha | 5 |
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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 taro — area harvested in Tonga?
- Taro — area harvested in Tonga was 456 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4,100 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 2001.
- How does Tonga rank for taro — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 37th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Taro — 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.