Country area — Area in Tonga
Tonga: Country area — Area was 74.9 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Country area — Area in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for country area — area in Tonga is 74.9 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, country area — area in Tonga peaked at 75 1000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 74.9 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Tonga 218th out of 267 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Country area — Area in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75 1000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 74.9 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 74.9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 74.9 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,988 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 74.9 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,845 1000 ha, 4% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.96 1000 ha | 74.9 1000 ha | 75 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 215 Bahrain 80 1000 ha compare
- 215 Netherlands Antilles (former) 80 1000 ha compare
- 217 Dominica 75.1 1000 ha compare
- 219 Singapore 73.56 1000 ha compare
- 220 Micronesia (Federated States of) 70.1 1000 ha compare
- 221 Saint Lucia 61.6 1000 ha 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 country area — area in Tonga?
- Country area — area in Tonga was 74.9 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest country area — area recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 75 1000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest country area — area recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.9 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Tonga rank for country area — area?
- Tonga ranks 218th out of 267 countries with data for 2024.
- Is country area — area rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Country area — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.