Cattle: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises was 1.28 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content), per in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga stood at 1.28 kg per person.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga peaked at 1.29 kg per person in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.2457 kg per person, in 1967.
Tonga ranks 58th 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: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … capita volatilises in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3915 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3651 kg per person | -6.8% |
| 1963 | 0.4333 kg per person | +18.7% |
| 1964 | 0.3968 kg per person | -8.4% |
| 1965 | 0.3052 kg per person | -23.1% |
| 1966 | 0.2882 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 0.2457 kg per person | -14.7% |
| 1968 | 0.3007 kg per person | +22.4% |
| 1969 | 0.3275 kg per person | +8.9% |
| 1970 | 0.4043 kg per person | +23.4% |
| 1971 | 0.408 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.4767 kg per person | +16.8% |
| 1973 | 0.5238 kg per person | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 0.4821 kg per person | -8.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7612 kg per person | +57.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6804 kg per person | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7125 kg per person | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 1.08 kg per person | +52.3% |
| 1979 | 1.11 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 1.12 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 1.21 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 1.12 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8705 kg per person | -22.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8861 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1.04 kg per person | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 1.01 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 1.12 kg per person | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 1.11 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 1.29 kg per person | +16.0% |
| 1990 | 1.1 kg per person | -14.4% |
| 1991 | 1.1 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.05 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 1.04 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 1.04 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.02 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 1.04 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1.04 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.03 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.11 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 1.2 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 1.2 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.19 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.18 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.18 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.17 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.15 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.18 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.2 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.22 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.23 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.24 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.25 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.25 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.25 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.26 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.26 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.27 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.28 kg per person | +0.6% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1.28 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7751 kg per person, 1.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1.28 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4653 kg per person, 2.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle: Manure left on pasture that volatilises … 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 | +57.9% | 0.4821 kg per person | 0.7612 kg per person |
| 1978 | +52.3% | 0.7125 kg per person | 1.08 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3393 kg per person | 0.2457 kg per person | 0.4333 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6642 kg per person | 0.4043 kg per person | 1.11 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.08 kg per person | 0.8705 kg per person | 1.29 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.06 kg per person | 1.02 kg per person | 1.11 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 kg per person | 1.16 kg per person | 1.2 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 kg per person | 1.15 kg per person | 1.25 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.27 kg per person | 1.26 kg per person | 1.28 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 55 Uzbekistan 1.41 kg per person compare
- 56 Dominica 1.35 kg per person compare
- 57 Peru 1.3 kg per person compare
- 59 Kazakhstan 1.23 kg per person compare
- 60 Turkmenistan 1.21 kg per person compare
- 61 Angola 1.12 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 left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga?
- Cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per in Tonga was 1.28 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 kg per person in 1989.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2457 kg per person in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per?
- Tonga ranks 58th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure left on pasture that volatilises (n content), per 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 Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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 left on pasture that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure left on pasture 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 left on pasture 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.