Goats — Stocks in Tonga
Tonga: Goats — Stocks was 1,481 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Stocks in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goats — stocks in Tonga is 1,481 LSU, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Tonga peaked at 1,600 LSU in 1988 and was at its lowest, 244.8 LSU, in 1961.
Tonga ranks 149th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Stocks in Tonga, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 244.8 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 260.4 LSU | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 309 LSU | +18.7% |
| 1964 | 336.4 LSU | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 282.8 LSU | -15.9% |
| 1966 | 336 LSU | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 375 LSU | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 403.9 LSU | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 410 LSU | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 412 LSU | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 417.5 LSU | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 430 LSU | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 450 LSU | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 470 LSU | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 583.6 LSU | +24.2% |
| 1976 | 669.2 LSU | +14.7% |
| 1977 | 1,065 LSU | +59.2% |
| 1978 | 1,185 LSU | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 1,195 LSU | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 1,300 LSU | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 1,500 LSU | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 1,243 LSU | -17.1% |
| 1983 | 1,056 LSU | -15.0% |
| 1984 | 1,090 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 1,394 LSU | +27.9% |
| 1986 | 1,400 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,500 LSU | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 1,600 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 1,562 LSU | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,560 LSU | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,560 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,560 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,550 LSU | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,400 LSU | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 1,394 LSU | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,300 LSU | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 1,200 LSU | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 1,200 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,247 LSU | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1,250 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,260 LSU | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,260 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,260 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,260 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,260 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,300 LSU | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1,325 LSU | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,350 LSU | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,371 LSU | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,384 LSU | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,398 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,411 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,426 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,460 LSU | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,436 LSU | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,458 LSU | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,481 LSU | +1.6% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 1,481 LSU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 33,826 LSU, 4% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 1,481 LSU is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,855 LSU, 9% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +59.2% | 669.2 LSU | 1,065 LSU |
| 1985 | +27.9% | 1,090 LSU | 1,394 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 328.7 LSU | 244.8 LSU | 410 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 687.75 LSU | 412 LSU | 1,195 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,365 LSU | 1,056 LSU | 1,600 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,397 LSU | 1,200 LSU | 1,560 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,253 LSU | 1,250 LSU | 1,260 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,348 LSU | 1,260 LSU | 1,426 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,459 LSU | 1,436 LSU | 1,481 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 146 Japan 1,756 LSU compare
- 147 French Polynesia 1,610 LSU compare
- 148 Bahamas 1,512 LSU compare
- 150 Saint Lucia 1,465 LSU compare
- 151 El Salvador 1,412 LSU compare
- 152 Lithuania 1,398 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 goats — stocks in Tonga?
- Goats — stocks in Tonga was 1,481 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 LSU in 1988.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 244.8 LSU in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for goats — stocks?
- Tonga ranks 149th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — Stocks. 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.