Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga
Tonga: Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre was 5.7 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 5.7 kg per square kilometre for chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga peaked at 5.7 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8692 kg per square kilometre, in 1973.
That places Tonga 107th 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 — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9225 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.04 kg per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 1.24 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1.33 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 1.53 kg per square kilometre | +15.3% |
| 1967 | 2.04 kg per square kilometre | +32.9% |
| 1968 | 2.27 kg per square kilometre | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 1.93 kg per square kilometre | -14.9% |
| 1970 | 1.5 kg per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 1971 | 1.27 kg per square kilometre | -15.5% |
| 1972 | 0.8842 kg per square kilometre | -30.2% |
| 1973 | 0.8692 kg per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 1.1 kg per square kilometre | +26.8% |
| 1975 | 2.01 kg per square kilometre | +82.6% |
| 1976 | 2.52 kg per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 1.92 kg per square kilometre | -23.7% |
| 1978 | 2.81 kg per square kilometre | +46.2% |
| 1979 | 2.7 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 2.61 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 3.47 kg per square kilometre | +32.8% |
| 1982 | 3.65 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 2.35 kg per square kilometre | -35.5% |
| 1984 | 2.26 kg per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 4.58 kg per square kilometre | +102.4% |
| 1986 | 4.81 kg per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 5.13 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 5.7 kg per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 4.51 kg per square kilometre | -20.8% |
| 1990 | 3.53 kg per square kilometre | -21.8% |
| 1991 | 3.48 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 3.63 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 3.72 kg per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 3.72 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4.52 kg per square kilometre | +21.6% |
| 1996 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 5.03 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 5.03 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.07 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 5.07 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.61 kg per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 5.54 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 5.52 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 5.55 kg per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 5.46 kg per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 5.51 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 5.55 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 5.47 kg per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 5.49 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 5.56 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 5.59 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.62 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 5.66 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 5.69 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 5.69 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.69 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5.7 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 5.7 kg per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.82 kg per square kilometre, 18% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 5.7 kg per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.7 kg per square kilometre, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre 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% | 2.26 kg per square kilometre | 4.58 kg per square kilometre |
| 1975 | +82.6% | 1.1 kg per square kilometre | 2.01 kg per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +46.2% | 1.92 kg per square kilometre | 2.81 kg per square kilometre |
| 1983 | -35.5% | 3.65 kg per square kilometre | 2.35 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.49 kg per square kilometre | 0.9225 kg per square kilometre | 2.27 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.76 kg per square kilometre | 0.8692 kg per square kilometre | 2.81 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.91 kg per square kilometre | 2.26 kg per square kilometre | 5.7 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.28 kg per square kilometre | 3.48 kg per square kilometre | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.21 kg per square kilometre | 5.06 kg per square kilometre | 5.61 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.55 kg per square kilometre | 5.46 kg per square kilometre | 5.66 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.69 kg per square kilometre | 5.69 kg per square kilometre | 5.7 kg per square kilometre | 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 — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga?
- Chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre in Tonga was 5.7 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8692 kg per square kilometre in 1973.
- How does Tonga rank for chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre?
- Tonga ranks 107th out of 168 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — manure left on pasture (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — Manure left on pasture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Chickens — Manure left on pasture (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.