Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga stood at 0.21 LSU/ha.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga peaked at 0.23 LSU/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1967.
Tonga ranks 94th of 190 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 — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.05 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -33.3% |
| 1966 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 1968 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +57.1% |
| 1976 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +54.5% |
| 1979 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -22.2% |
| 1984 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +21.4% |
| 1986 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.21 LSU/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.19 LSU/ha, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.21 LSU/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.195 LSU/ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0456 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.102 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.174 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.182 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.225 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.208 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 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 cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.23 LSU/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Tonga ranks 94th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.