Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.0777 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.0777 kg per person for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga peaked at 0.0783 kg per person in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0161 kg per person, in 1967.
That places Tonga 106th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0247 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.023 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0271 kg per person | +17.7% |
| 1964 | 0.025 kg per person | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0196 kg per person | -21.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0186 kg per person | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0161 kg per person | -13.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0194 kg per person | +20.5% |
| 1969 | 0.021 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0256 kg per person | +21.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0258 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0301 kg per person | +16.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0329 kg per person | +9.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0304 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0469 kg per person | +54.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0421 kg per person | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 0.044 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0661 kg per person | +50.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0675 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0684 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0744 kg per person | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0682 kg per person | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0535 kg per person | -21.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0544 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0639 kg per person | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0618 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0682 kg per person | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0678 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0783 kg per person | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0668 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0671 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0643 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0636 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0632 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0615 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0635 kg per person | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0633 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0628 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0671 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0738 kg per person | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0728 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0724 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.072 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0716 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0712 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0708 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0708 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0706 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0705 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0709 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0703 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0721 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0736 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0745 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0748 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0756 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.076 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.076 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0761 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0767 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0768 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0773 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0777 kg per person | +0.6% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0777 kg per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1622 kg per person, 48% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0777 kg per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1498 kg per person, 52% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises 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 | +54.5% | 0.0304 kg per person | 0.0469 kg per person |
| 1978 | +50.2% | 0.044 kg per person | 0.0661 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0216 kg per person | 0.0161 kg per person | 0.0271 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0411 kg per person | 0.0256 kg per person | 0.0675 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0659 kg per person | 0.0535 kg per person | 0.0783 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0643 kg per person | 0.0615 kg per person | 0.0671 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0717 kg per person | 0.0705 kg per person | 0.0738 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.074 kg per person | 0.0703 kg per person | 0.0761 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0771 kg per person | 0.0767 kg per person | 0.0777 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 103 Guinea-Bissau 0.0907 kg per person compare
- 104 Somalia 0.0876 kg per person compare
- 105 Armenia 0.0808 kg per person compare
- 107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0747 kg per person compare
- 108 Barbados 0.0738 kg per person compare
- 109 Madagascar 0.073 kg per person 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 — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga was 0.0777 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0783 kg per person in 1989.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0161 kg per person in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Tonga ranks 106th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.