Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Tonga
Tonga: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 715 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Tonga, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 715 % for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 43.3% on the previous year and up 116.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Tonga peaked at 715 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 119 %, in 2000.
Tonga ranks 2nd of 181 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 119 % | — |
| 2001 | 129 % | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 168 % | +30.2% |
| 2003 | 203 % | +20.8% |
| 2004 | 260 % | +28.1% |
| 2005 | 251 % | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 261 % | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 280 % | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 425 % | +51.8% |
| 2009 | 366 % | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 346 % | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 326 % | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 330 % | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 309 % | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 269 % | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 265 % | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 309 % | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 330 % | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 364 % | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 334 % | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 390 % | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 499 % | +27.9% |
| 2022 | 715 % | +43.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 715 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14 %, 51.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 715 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10 %, 71.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 246.2 % | 119 % | 425 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 318.2 % | 265 % | 364 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 534.67 % | 390 % | 715 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 1 Cabo Verde 489 % compare
- 1 Tuvalu 20,840 % compare
- 1 Polynesia 312 % compare
- 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136 % compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 661 % compare
- 3 Micronesia 123 % compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 88 % compare
- 4 Yemen 508 % compare
- 5 Cook Islands 433 % compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 39 % 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 value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Tonga?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Tonga was 715 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 715 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 119 % in 2000.
- How does Tonga rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- Tonga ranks 2nd out of 181 countries with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.7%. 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 Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.