Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 19.88 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 19.88 %LSU for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Tonga peaked at 19.96 %LSU in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.8 %LSU, in 1967.
That places Tonga 158th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Tonga, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.1 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 11.17 %LSU | -20.8% |
| 1963 | 13.37 %LSU | +19.7% |
| 1964 | 12.86 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 10.21 %LSU | -20.6% |
| 1966 | 8.46 %LSU | -17.1% |
| 1967 | 7.8 %LSU | -7.8% |
| 1968 | 9.06 %LSU | +16.2% |
| 1969 | 9.81 %LSU | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 12.25 %LSU | +24.9% |
| 1971 | 13.49 %LSU | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 17.03 %LSU | +26.2% |
| 1973 | 15.88 %LSU | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 13.66 %LSU | -14.0% |
| 1975 | 18.47 %LSU | +35.2% |
| 1976 | 14.47 %LSU | -21.7% |
| 1977 | 13.72 %LSU | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 16.5 %LSU | +20.3% |
| 1979 | 16.71 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 16.71 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15.54 %LSU | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 15.94 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 15.7 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 18.39 %LSU | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 17.11 %LSU | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 15.54 %LSU | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 15.52 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 14.25 %LSU | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 18.7 %LSU | +31.2% |
| 1990 | 18.63 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 18.63 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 16.11 %LSU | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 16.05 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 16.45 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 16.83 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 16.96 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 17.01 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 17.01 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 18.2 %LSU | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 19.5 %LSU | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 19.5 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19.5 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19.5 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19.5 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 19.5 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19.5 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19.34 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 19.34 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19.34 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19.34 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19.37 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 19.52 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 19.89 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 19.96 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 19.89 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 19.84 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 19.77 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 19.76 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 19.74 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 19.87 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 19.89 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 19.89 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 19.88 %LSU | -0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 19.88 %LSU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41.53 %LSU, 48% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 19.88 %LSU is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 40.32 %LSU, 49% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock 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 | +35.2% | 13.66 %LSU | 18.47 %LSU |
| 1989 | +31.2% | 14.25 %LSU | 18.7 %LSU |
| 1972 | +26.2% | 13.49 %LSU | 17.03 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.76 %LSU | 7.8 %LSU | 14.1 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.22 %LSU | 12.25 %LSU | 18.47 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.34 %LSU | 14.25 %LSU | 18.7 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.19 %LSU | 16.05 %LSU | 18.63 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.45 %LSU | 19.34 %LSU | 19.5 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.71 %LSU | 19.34 %LSU | 19.96 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.88 %LSU | 19.87 %LSU | 19.89 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 155 Somalia 23.2 %LSU compare
- 156 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.9 %LSU compare
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 20.85 %LSU compare
- 159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.28 %LSU compare
- 160 Algeria 17.22 %LSU compare
- 161 Guyana 17.14 %LSU 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 and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Tonga?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Tonga was 19.88 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 19.96 %LSU in 2014.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8 %LSU in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Tonga ranks 158th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.