Yams — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Yams — Yield was 13,282 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Yams — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Tonga stood at 13,282 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Tonga peaked at 17,297 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 12,174 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Tonga 17th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,860 kg/ha | 12,174 kg/ha | 13,478 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,535 kg/ha | 13,044 kg/ha | 13,956 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,938 kg/ha | 13,714 kg/ha | 14,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,722 kg/ha | 12,182 kg/ha | 17,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,768 kg/ha | 12,571 kg/ha | 17,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,444 kg/ha | 13,125 kg/ha | 13,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,302 kg/ha | 13,278 kg/ha | 13,332 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
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 yams — yield in Tonga?
- Yams — yield in Tonga was 13,282 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 17,297 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,174 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for yams — yield?
- Tonga ranks 17th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.