Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita was 1.31 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tonga stood at 1.31 kg per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tonga peaked at 1.38 kg per person in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.2349 kg per person, in 1973.
That places Tonga 62nd out of 168 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.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3254 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3552 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 0.3756 kg per person | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 0.402 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4197 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 0.471 kg per person | +12.2% |
| 1967 | 0.6119 kg per person | +29.9% |
| 1968 | 0.6692 kg per person | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 0.5587 kg per person | -16.5% |
| 1970 | 0.4266 kg per person | -23.6% |
| 1971 | 0.3541 kg per person | -17.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2429 kg per person | -31.4% |
| 1973 | 0.2349 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 0.2916 kg per person | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5191 kg per person | +78.0% |
| 1976 | 0.6335 kg per person | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 0.4766 kg per person | -24.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6935 kg per person | +45.5% |
| 1979 | 0.665 kg per person | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6412 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8505 kg per person | +32.6% |
| 1982 | 0.894 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5766 kg per person | -35.5% |
| 1984 | 0.5544 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 1.12 kg per person | +102.4% |
| 1986 | 1.18 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 1.25 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1.38 kg per person | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 1.09 kg per person | -21.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8494 kg per person | -22.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8353 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8722 kg per person | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8913 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8907 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.08 kg per person | +21.6% |
| 1996 | 1.21 kg per person | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 1.2 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 1.19 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.19 kg per person | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.18 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.18 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.17 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.16 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.15 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.15 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.26 kg per person | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 1.24 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.24 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.24 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.22 kg per person | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.23 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.24 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.23 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.24 kg per person | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.26 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.27 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.28 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.29 kg per person | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.29 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.29 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.3 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.31 kg per person | +0.7% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1.31 kg per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.3 kg per person, 1.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1.31 kg per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9659 kg per person, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +102.4% | 0.5544 kg per person | 1.12 kg per person |
| 1975 | +78.0% | 0.2916 kg per person | 0.5191 kg per person |
| 1978 | +45.5% | 0.4766 kg per person | 0.6935 kg per person |
| 1983 | -35.5% | 0.894 kg per person | 0.5766 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4654 kg per person | 0.3254 kg per person | 0.6692 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4538 kg per person | 0.2349 kg per person | 0.6935 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.954 kg per person | 0.5544 kg per person | 1.38 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 kg per person | 0.8353 kg per person | 1.21 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.19 kg per person | 1.15 kg per person | 1.26 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 kg per person | 1.22 kg per person | 1.29 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3 kg per person | 1.29 kg per person | 1.31 kg per person | 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 chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tonga?
- Chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita in Tonga was 1.31 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 kg per person in 1988.
- What is the lowest chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2349 kg per person in 1973.
- How does Tonga rank for chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita?
- Tonga ranks 62nd out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — amount excreted in manure (n content), per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (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.
Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chickens — Amount excreted in manure 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.
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Chickens — Amount excreted in manure (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.