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 16th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Yams — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,174 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,340 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 12,446 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 12,609 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 12,696 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 13,044 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 13,478 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 13,478 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,478 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13,044 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 13,205 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 13,348 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 13,333 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 13,525 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 13,469 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 13,878 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 13,915 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 13,956 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 13,682 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 13,714 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 13,750 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 13,790 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 13,833 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 13,882 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 13,938 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 14,071 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 14,154 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 14,250 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 14,364 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 14,069 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 12,350 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1993 | 12,182 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 17,143 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1995 | 15,041 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 14,996 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 14,920 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 14,856 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 17,297 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2000 | 17,260 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 12,571 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2002 | 13,706 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 13,729 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 13,777 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 13,852 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 12,778 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 12,703 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 13,640 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 13,668 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 13,700 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 13,718 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 13,889 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 13,125 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 13,252 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 13,591 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 13,312 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 13,291 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 13,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13,267 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 13,278 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 13,308 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 13,332 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 13,307 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 13,282 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 13,282 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 13,282 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,468 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +40.7% | 12,182 kg/ha | 17,143 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -27.2% | 17,260 kg/ha | 12,571 kg/ha |
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
- 13 Dominica 14,953 kg/ha compare
- 14 Grenada 14,127 kg/ha compare
- 15 Nicaragua 13,388 kg/ha compare
- 17 Costa Rica 13,094 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 5,113 kg/ha compare
- 18 Burundi 12,938 kg/ha compare
- 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,426 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 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 16th out of 61 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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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.