Forest land — Share in Land area in Tonga
Tonga: Forest land — Share in Land area was 12.13 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Tonga, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 12.13 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Tonga peaked at 12.13 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12.13 %, in 1990.
That places Tonga 173rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 12.13 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 170 Cabo Verde 12.52 % compare
- 171 Maldives 12.48 % compare
- 172 Burkina Faso 12.27 % compare
- 174 Côte d'Ivoire 12.12 % compare
- 175 Eritrea 11.99 % compare
- 176 Ireland 11.97 % compare
More environment data for Tonga
- Inland waters — Area 2.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.46 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 26.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 9.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.43 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 21.79 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.3 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 42.92 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Tonga?
- Forest land — share in land area in Tonga was 12.13 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 12.13 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.13 % in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Tonga ranks 173rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Forest land — Share in Land 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.