Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita was 0.0011 hectares per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga is 0.0011 hectares per person, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.039 hectares per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0011 hectares per person, in 2015.
Tonga ranks 178th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0151 hectares per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0147 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1962 | 0.0143 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0278 hectares per person | +94.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0271 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0263 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0256 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0251 hectares per person | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0246 hectares per person | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0033 hectares per person | -86.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0146 hectares per person | +345.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0142 hectares per person | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0139 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0136 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0133 hectares per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0129 hectares per person | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 0.023 hectares per person | +78.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0225 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0222 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.022 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0115 hectares per person | -47.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0114 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0113 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0214 hectares per person | +89.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0213 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0212 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.021 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0208 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0206 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0304 hectares per person | +47.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0302 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.03 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0299 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0298 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0296 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0194 hectares per person | -34.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0192 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0386 hectares per person | +101.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0383 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0379 hectares per person | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.039 hectares per person | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0387 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0385 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0383 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0381 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0379 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0356 hectares per person | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0353 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0351 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0256 hectares per person | -27.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0254 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0253 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0159 hectares per person | -37.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0159 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0065 hectares per person | -58.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0011 hectares per person | -83.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0011 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0011 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0011 hectares per person | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.0011 hectares per person | +0.4% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0011 hectares per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1785 hectares per person, 1% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0011 hectares per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0241 hectares per person, 5% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +345.0% | 0.0033 hectares per person | 0.0146 hectares per person |
| 1997 | +101.0% | 0.0192 hectares per person | 0.0386 hectares per person |
| 1963 | +94.6% | 0.0143 hectares per person | 0.0278 hectares per person |
| 1983 | +89.5% | 0.0113 hectares per person | 0.0214 hectares per person |
| 1969 | -86.7% | 0.0246 hectares per person | 0.0033 hectares per person |
| 2015 | -83.7% | 0.0065 hectares per person | 0.0011 hectares per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0204 hectares per person | 0.0033 hectares per person | 0.0278 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0172 hectares per person | 0.0129 hectares per person | 0.023 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0191 hectares per person | 0.0113 hectares per person | 0.0304 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0303 hectares per person | 0.0192 hectares per person | 0.0386 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0362 hectares per person | 0.0256 hectares per person | 0.039 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0094 hectares per person | 0.0011 hectares per person | 0.0254 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0011 hectares per person | 0.0011 hectares per person | 0.0011 hectares per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 175 Cyprus 0.0022 hectares per person compare
- 176 Saint Lucia 0.0021 hectares per person compare
- 177 North Korea 0.0019 hectares per person compare
- 179 South Korea 0.0011 hectares per person compare
- 180 Mauritius 0.0009 hectares per person compare
- 181 Belgium 0 hectares per person compare
- 181 Egypt 0 hectares per person
- 181 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per person compare
- 181 Greenland 0 hectares per person
- 181 Hong Kong 0 hectares per person
- 181 Luxembourg 0 hectares per person compare
- 181 Malta 0 hectares per person
- 181 Singapore 0 hectares per person
- 181 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 hectares per person
More environment data for Tonga
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.858 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 0.1563 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2021)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga?
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita in Tonga was 0.0011 hectares per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest grazing land use over the long-term, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.039 hectares per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest grazing land use over the long-term, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0011 hectares per person in 2015.
- How does Tonga rank for grazing land use over the long-term, per capita?
- Tonga ranks 178th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is grazing land use over the long-term, per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Grazing land use over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Grazing land use over the long-term ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Grazing land use over the long term Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Grazing land use over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.