All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Tonga
Tonga: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 3,232 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Tonga stood at 3,232 kg per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Tonga peaked at 3,585 kg per square kilometre in 1988 and was at its lowest, 811.93 kg per square kilometre, in 1961.
Tonga ranks 26th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 811.93 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 966.56 kg per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1963 | 1,011 kg per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 990.35 kg per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 956.72 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 1,110 kg per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 1967 | 1,035 kg per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 1,126 kg per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 1,168 kg per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 1,220 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 1,154 kg per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 1,136 kg per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 1,341 kg per square kilometre | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 1,441 kg per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 1,789 kg per square kilometre | +24.1% |
| 1976 | 2,033 kg per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 2,337 kg per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1978 | 3,012 kg per square kilometre | +28.9% |
| 1979 | 3,051 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 3,115 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 3,582 kg per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 3,214 kg per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 2,564 kg per square kilometre | -20.2% |
| 1984 | 2,282 kg per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1985 | 2,840 kg per square kilometre | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 2,976 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 3,318 kg per square kilometre | +11.5% |
| 1988 | 3,585 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 3,297 kg per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 2,925 kg per square kilometre | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 2,925 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,103 kg per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 3,081 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 2,995 kg per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 2,866 kg per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 2,883 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 2,861 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 2,861 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,939 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 3,021 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 3,019 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,019 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,019 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,019 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,020 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,020 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,051 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 3,048 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 3,048 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,050 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 3,046 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,086 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 3,099 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 3,118 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 3,145 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 3,168 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 3,186 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,196 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 3,206 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 3,220 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,213 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,222 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,232 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 3,232 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,228 kg per square kilometre, 2.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 3,232 kg per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 964.61 kg per square kilometre, 3.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +28.9% | 2,337 kg per square kilometre | 3,012 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,019 kg per square kilometre | 811.93 kg per square kilometre | 1,168 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,851 kg per square kilometre | 1,136 kg per square kilometre | 3,051 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,077 kg per square kilometre | 2,282 kg per square kilometre | 3,585 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,944 kg per square kilometre | 2,861 kg per square kilometre | 3,103 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,028 kg per square kilometre | 3,019 kg per square kilometre | 3,051 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,130 kg per square kilometre | 3,046 kg per square kilometre | 3,206 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,221 kg per square kilometre | 3,213 kg per square kilometre | 3,232 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More environment data for Tonga
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.858 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Tonga?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in Tonga was 3,232 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 3,585 kg per square kilometre in 1988.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 811.93 kg per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- Tonga ranks 26th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.