Vegetables Primary — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 3,927 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Tonga is 3,927 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Tonga peaked at 4,214 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 874.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Tonga 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 874.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 909.8 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 940.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 960 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 993.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 1,020 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 1,084 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 1,134 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 1,182 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 1,120 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 1,131 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 1,141 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,158 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,176 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 1,195 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 1,211 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 1,235 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,211 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 1,211 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,211 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,229 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 1,196 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 1,208 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 1,229 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 1,291 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 1,378 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 1,501 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 1,719 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 2,257 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1990 | 2,992 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1991 | 4,214 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1992 | 2,982 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1993 | 4,134 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1994 | 4,019 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 2,983 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1996 | 3,486 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 3,657 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 3,000 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 3,793 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2000 | 3,862 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 3,863 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,078 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 3,875 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 3,870 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3,870 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,845 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 4,048 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 3,856 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 3,872 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,882 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 3,903 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 3,904 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,914 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,888 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 3,906 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,878 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 3,868 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 3,853 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,851 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,916 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 3,920 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,906 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,919 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,927 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 3,927 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 3,927 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,603 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +40.8% | 2,992 kg/ha | 4,214 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +38.7% | 2,982 kg/ha | 4,134 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +32.6% | 2,257 kg/ha | 2,992 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +31.3% | 1,719 kg/ha | 2,257 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -29.2% | 4,214 kg/ha | 2,982 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -25.8% | 4,019 kg/ha | 2,983 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,011 kg/ha | 874.8 kg/ha | 1,182 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,179 kg/ha | 1,120 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,422 kg/ha | 1,196 kg/ha | 2,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,526 kg/ha | 2,982 kg/ha | 4,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,904 kg/ha | 3,845 kg/ha | 4,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,885 kg/ha | 3,851 kg/ha | 3,914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,917 kg/ha | 3,906 kg/ha | 3,927 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 179 Haiti 4,468 kg/ha compare
- 180 Eritrea 4,157 kg/ha compare
- 181 Sierra Leone 4,001 kg/ha compare
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 3,884 kg/ha compare
- 184 Trinidad and Tobago 3,628 kg/ha compare
- 185 Nigeria 3,499 kg/ha 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 vegetables primary — yield in Tonga?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Tonga was 3,927 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4,214 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 874.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Tonga ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.