Equidae — Share in total livestock in Tonga
Tonga: Equidae — Share in total livestock was 21.05 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Equidae — Share in total livestock in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, equidae — share in total livestock in Tonga stood at 21.05 %LSU.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equidae — share in total livestock in Tonga peaked at 43.33 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 12.11 %LSU, in 1990.
Tonga ranks 6th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Equidae — Share in total livestock in Tonga, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43.33 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 38.3 %LSU | -11.6% |
| 1963 | 37.67 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 36.79 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 36.33 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 33.57 %LSU | -7.6% |
| 1967 | 36.7 %LSU | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 35.58 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 35.47 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 31.39 %LSU | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 31.99 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 28.4 %LSU | -11.2% |
| 1973 | 28.5 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 26.46 %LSU | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 25.22 %LSU | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 22.93 %LSU | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 20.3 %LSU | -11.5% |
| 1978 | 19.25 %LSU | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 19.84 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 19.91 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 19.48 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 19.85 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 19 %LSU | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 21.94 %LSU | +15.5% |
| 1985 | 21 %LSU | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 20.58 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 18.5 %LSU | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 16.98 %LSU | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 19.97 %LSU | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 12.11 %LSU | -39.4% |
| 1991 | 12.11 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 21.09 %LSU | +74.2% |
| 1993 | 20.87 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 21.38 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 22.3 %LSU | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 22.05 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 22.11 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 22.11 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 21.76 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 21.41 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 21.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 21.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 21.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 21.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 21.32 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 21.32 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21.32 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 21.32 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 21.35 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 21.14 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 20.26 %LSU | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 20.16 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 20.55 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 20.88 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 21.13 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 21.11 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 21.14 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 21.16 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 21.01 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 21.03 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 21.05 %LSU | +0.1% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 21.05 %LSU is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.97 %LSU, 7.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 21.05 %LSU is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.73 %LSU, 28.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Equidae — Share in total livestock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +74.2% | 12.11 %LSU | 21.09 %LSU |
| 1990 | -39.4% | 19.97 %LSU | 12.11 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.08 %LSU | 33.57 %LSU | 43.33 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.43 %LSU | 19.25 %LSU | 31.99 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.72 %LSU | 16.98 %LSU | 21.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.79 %LSU | 12.11 %LSU | 22.3 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.38 %LSU | 21.32 %LSU | 21.41 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.9 %LSU | 20.16 %LSU | 21.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.06 %LSU | 21.01 %LSU | 21.16 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 3 Mongolia 25.27 %LSU compare
- 3 Timor-Leste 6.09 %LSU compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.59 %LSU compare
- 4 Cabo Verde 10.96 %LSU compare
- 4 Iceland 21.88 %LSU compare
- 5 Sierra Leone 21.73 %LSU compare
- 5 Melanesia 4.45 %LSU compare
- 7 Cuba 17.42 %LSU compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.19 %LSU compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.16 %LSU compare
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 17.19 %LSU compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 16.97 %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 equidae — share in total livestock in Tonga?
- Equidae — share in total livestock in Tonga was 21.05 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 43.33 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.11 %LSU in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for equidae — share in total livestock?
- Tonga ranks 6th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is equidae — share in total livestock rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Equidae — Share in total livestock. 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.