Grassland — Area from MODIS in Tonga
Tonga: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 9.31 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Tonga, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 9.31 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Tonga peaked at 9.31 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.42 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Tonga 180th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8.16 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8.18 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4.86 1000 ha | -40.6% |
| 2004 | 3.7 1000 ha | -23.9% |
| 2005 | 4.07 1000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 2.91 1000 ha | -28.5% |
| 2007 | 3.77 1000 ha | +29.6% |
| 2008 | 6.66 1000 ha | +76.7% |
| 2009 | 8.16 1000 ha | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 5.31 1000 ha | -34.9% |
| 2011 | 6.19 1000 ha | +16.6% |
| 2012 | 5.87 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 5.29 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 6.7 1000 ha | +26.7% |
| 2015 | 4.94 1000 ha | -26.3% |
| 2016 | 3.06 1000 ha | -38.1% |
| 2017 | 2.42 1000 ha | -20.9% |
| 2018 | 3.32 1000 ha | +37.2% |
| 2019 | 4.35 1000 ha | +31.0% |
| 2020 | 3.87 1000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 4.77 1000 ha | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 5.99 1000 ha | +25.6% |
| 2023 | 8.88 1000 ha | +48.2% |
| 2024 | 9.31 1000 ha | +4.8% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 9.31 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 814.65 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 9.31 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 44.29 1000 ha, 21% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.61 1000 ha | 2.91 1000 ha | 8.18 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.75 1000 ha | 2.42 1000 ha | 6.7 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.56 1000 ha | 3.87 1000 ha | 9.31 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 177 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 10.38 1000 ha compare
- 178 Antigua and Barbuda 10.08 1000 ha compare
- 179 Antarctica 9.74 1000 ha compare
- 181 Samoa 8.75 1000 ha compare
- 182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.34 1000 ha compare
- 183 Northern Mariana Islands 8.19 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 grassland — area from modis in Tonga?
- Grassland — area from modis in Tonga was 9.31 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 9.31 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.42 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Tonga rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Tonga ranks 180th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. 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 Grassland — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.