Cattle — Stocks in Tonga
Tonga: Cattle — Stocks was 7,302 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 7,302 LSU for cattle — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Tonga peaked at 7,302 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,065 LSU, in 1967.
Tonga ranks 171st of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Stocks in Tonga, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,451 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1,391 LSU | -4.2% |
| 1963 | 1,698 LSU | +22.1% |
| 1964 | 1,597 LSU | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 1,261 LSU | -21.1% |
| 1966 | 1,222 LSU | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 1,065 LSU | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 1,330 LSU | +24.9% |
| 1969 | 1,477 LSU | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 1,858 LSU | +25.8% |
| 1971 | 1,909 LSU | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 2,269 LSU | +18.9% |
| 1973 | 2,535 LSU | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 2,382 LSU | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 3,865 LSU | +62.2% |
| 1976 | 3,539 LSU | -8.4% |
| 1977 | 3,761 LSU | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 5,761 LSU | +53.2% |
| 1979 | 5,904 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 6,000 LSU | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 6,480 LSU | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 5,992 LSU | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 4,657 LSU | -22.3% |
| 1984 | 4,740 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 5,591 LSU | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 5,400 LSU | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 6,000 LSU | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 6,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,991 LSU | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 6,000 LSU | -14.2% |
| 1991 | 6,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,760 LSU | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 5,700 LSU | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 5,700 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,591 LSU | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 5,700 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 5,700 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,700 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,197 LSU | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 6,750 LSU | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 6,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6,780 LSU | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 6,780 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,780 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,780 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6,780 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,900 LSU | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 7,020 LSU | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 7,080 LSU | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 7,129 LSU | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 7,165 LSU | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 7,185 LSU | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,203 LSU | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7,217 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,279 LSU | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 7,274 LSU | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 7,288 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,302 LSU | +0.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 7,302 LSU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 522,261 LSU, 1% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 7,302 LSU is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.07 million LSU, 1% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Stocks 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 | +62.2% | 2,382 LSU | 3,865 LSU |
| 1978 | +53.2% | 3,761 LSU | 5,761 LSU |
| 1970 | +25.8% | 1,477 LSU | 1,858 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,388 LSU | 1,065 LSU | 1,698 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,378 LSU | 1,858 LSU | 5,904 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,785 LSU | 4,657 LSU | 6,991 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,805 LSU | 5,591 LSU | 6,197 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,759 LSU | 6,750 LSU | 6,780 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,046 LSU | 6,780 LSU | 7,217 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,286 LSU | 7,274 LSU | 7,302 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 168 Solomon Islands 9,263 LSU compare
- 169 Malta 8,538 LSU compare
- 170 Dominica 8,402 LSU compare
- 172 Barbados 6,439 LSU compare
- 173 Saint Lucia 6,324 LSU compare
- 174 French Polynesia 5,100 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 — stocks in Tonga?
- Cattle — stocks in Tonga was 7,302 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 7,302 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,065 LSU in 1967.
- How does Tonga rank for cattle — stocks?
- Tonga ranks 171st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 — Stocks. 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.