Taro — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Taro — Yield was 7,728 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 7,728 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Tonga peaked at 10,000 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6,390 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Tonga 32nd out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,641 kg/ha | 7,083 kg/ha | 8,059 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,094 kg/ha | 6,390 kg/ha | 7,395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,135 kg/ha | 6,941 kg/ha | 7,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,452 kg/ha | 6,864 kg/ha | 9,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,522 kg/ha | 7,440 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,633 kg/ha | 7,222 kg/ha | 8,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,791 kg/ha | 7,374 kg/ha | 8,122 kg/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 — yield in Tonga?
- Taro — yield in Tonga was 7,728 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,390 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Tonga rank for taro — yield?
- Tonga ranks 32nd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Taro — Yield. 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.