Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre was 1,024 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga stood at 1,024 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga peaked at 1,024 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 151.96 kg per square kilometre, in 1967.
Tonga ranks 50th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 205.13 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 196.68 kg per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 239.65 kg per square kilometre | +21.8% |
| 1964 | 225.73 kg per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 178.95 kg per square kilometre | -20.7% |
| 1966 | 173.73 kg per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 151.96 kg per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 189.07 kg per square kilometre | +24.4% |
| 1969 | 209.62 kg per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1970 | 262.95 kg per square kilometre | +25.4% |
| 1971 | 270.12 kg per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 320.73 kg per square kilometre | +18.7% |
| 1973 | 357.95 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 336.68 kg per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 543.45 kg per square kilometre | +61.4% |
| 1976 | 498.08 kg per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 529.12 kg per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 807.96 kg per square kilometre | +52.7% |
| 1979 | 828.01 kg per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 841.48 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 910.35 kg per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 840.45 kg per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 654.42 kg per square kilometre | -22.1% |
| 1984 | 666.02 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 784.71 kg per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 1986 | 758.16 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 841.87 kg per square kilometre | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 841.92 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 980.08 kg per square kilometre | +16.4% |
| 1990 | 840.64 kg per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 1991 | 841.67 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 808.13 kg per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 799.74 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 798.82 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 782.2 kg per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 799.74 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 799.74 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 799.74 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 867.24 kg per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 947.99 kg per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 946.54 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 946.56 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 946.56 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 946.56 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 946.56 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 946.56 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 950.75 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 950.77 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 950.77 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 952.17 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 950.77 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 969.04 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 985.85 kg per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 994.27 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 999.51 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,005 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,007 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,010 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,012 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,021 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,020 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,022 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,024 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,024 kg per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 460.48 kg per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,024 kg per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 357.98 kg per square kilometre, 2.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (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 | +61.4% | 336.68 kg per square kilometre | 543.45 kg per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +52.7% | 529.12 kg per square kilometre | 807.96 kg per square kilometre |
| 1970 | +25.4% | 209.62 kg per square kilometre | 262.95 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 196.72 kg per square kilometre | 151.96 kg per square kilometre | 239.65 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 475.5 kg per square kilometre | 262.95 kg per square kilometre | 828.01 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 811.94 kg per square kilometre | 654.42 kg per square kilometre | 980.08 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 813.76 kg per square kilometre | 782.2 kg per square kilometre | 867.24 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 947.96 kg per square kilometre | 946.54 kg per square kilometre | 950.77 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 988.53 kg per square kilometre | 950.77 kg per square kilometre | 1,012 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,022 kg per square kilometre | 1,020 kg per square kilometre | 1,024 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 47 Guinea-Bissau 1,126 kg per square kilometre compare
- 48 Armenia 1,048 kg per square kilometre compare
- 49 Dominica 1,048 kg per square kilometre compare
- 51 Benin 995.61 kg per square kilometre compare
- 52 Czechia 980.68 kg per square kilometre compare
- 53 Portugal 973.95 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 cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga?
- Cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga was 1,024 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1,024 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 151.96 kg per square kilometre in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre?
- Tonga ranks 50th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 Cattle — 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
Cattle — 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.
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cattle — 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
Cattle — 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.