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 32nd of 52 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.
Taro — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 3,410 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 3,420 ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 3,450 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 3,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 3,550 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 3,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 3,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 3,850 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 3,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 4,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 4,070 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 4,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | -12.2% |
| 1980 | 3,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 3,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 2,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 2,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 1,727 ha | +43.9% |
| 1993 | 1,324 ha | -23.3% |
| 1994 | 1,050 ha | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 1,015 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 886 ha | -12.7% |
| 1997 | 752 ha | -15.1% |
| 1998 | 550 ha | -26.9% |
| 1999 | 472 ha | -14.2% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 465 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 461 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 457 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 454 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 420 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 450 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 438 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 426 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 413 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 435 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 450 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 464 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 455 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 457 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 479 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 463 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 466 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 447 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 458 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 457 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 456 ha | -0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 456 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,710 ha, 17% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 456 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 13% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +43.9% | 1,200 ha | 1,727 ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
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 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 32nd out of 52 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.