All Animals — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga
Tonga: All Animals — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre was 1,684 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga is 1,684 kg per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga peaked at 1,684 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 473.07 kg per square kilometre, in 1965.
Tonga ranks 41st 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 — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 487.12 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 500.22 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 550.58 kg per square kilometre | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 531.92 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 473.07 kg per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 500.13 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 498.31 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 550.2 kg per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 576.35 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 592.48 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 586.95 kg per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 593.63 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 674.43 kg per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 663.13 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 913.72 kg per square kilometre | +37.8% |
| 1976 | 909.78 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,020 kg per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1978 | 1,365 kg per square kilometre | +33.8% |
| 1979 | 1,402 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 1,444 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 1,604 kg per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 1,449 kg per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 1,137 kg per square kilometre | -21.6% |
| 1984 | 1,156 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 1,399 kg per square kilometre | +21.0% |
| 1986 | 1,392 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 1,490 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 1,512 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 1,646 kg per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 1,320 kg per square kilometre | -19.8% |
| 1991 | 1,320 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,493 kg per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 1,476 kg per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 1,443 kg per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 1,428 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,423 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,402 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,402 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,474 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,580 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,583 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,596 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,618 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,635 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,648 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,654 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,661 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,678 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,668 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,676 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,684 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,684 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 722.59 kg per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,684 kg per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 421.62 kg per square kilometre, 4.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where All Animals — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +37.8% | 663.13 kg per square kilometre | 913.72 kg per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +33.8% | 1,020 kg per square kilometre | 1,365 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 518.66 kg per square kilometre | 473.07 kg per square kilometre | 576.35 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 872.15 kg per square kilometre | 586.95 kg per square kilometre | 1,402 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,423 kg per square kilometre | 1,137 kg per square kilometre | 1,646 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,418 kg per square kilometre | 1,320 kg per square kilometre | 1,493 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,549 kg per square kilometre | 1,546 kg per square kilometre | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,609 kg per square kilometre | 1,556 kg per square kilometre | 1,661 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,677 kg per square kilometre | 1,668 kg per square kilometre | 1,684 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 38 Malta 1,736 kg per square kilometre compare
- 39 Guinea-Bissau 1,729 kg per square kilometre compare
- 40 South Sudan 1,725 kg per square kilometre compare
- 42 Costa Rica 1,682 kg per square kilometre compare
- 43 Guatemala 1,673 kg per square kilometre compare
- 44 Jamaica 1,652 kg per square kilometre compare
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 — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga?
- All animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga was 1,684 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1,684 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest all animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 473.07 kg per square kilometre in 1965.
- How does Tonga rank for all animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre?
- Tonga ranks 41st out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Manure left on pasture (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 — Manure left on pasture (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Manure left on pasture 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 — Manure left on pasture (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.