Herbicides — Agricultural Use in Tonga
Tonga: Herbicides — Agricultural Use was 13 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Herbicides — Agricultural Use in Tonga, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 13 t for herbicides — agricultural use in 2024.
That represents a change of up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbicides — agricultural use in Tonga peaked at 16 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3 t, in 2016.
That places Tonga 157th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Herbicides — Agricultural Use in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8 t | — |
| 1991 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 t | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 6 t | -40.0% |
| 2016 | 3 t | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 16 t | +433.3% |
| 2018 | 15 t | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 15 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14 t | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 14 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13 t | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 13 t | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 13 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 528.5 t, 2% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 13 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 518.5 t, 3% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8 t | 8 t | 8 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8 t | 8 t | 8 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.7 t | 3 t | 16 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.6 t | 13 t | 14 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 155 Burundi 14 t compare
- 155 Montenegro 14 t compare
- 157 China, Hong Kong SAR 13 t compare
- 159 Bermuda 11 t compare
- 159 British Virgin Islands 11 t compare
- 159 North Macedonia 11 t 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 herbicides — agricultural use in Tonga?
- Herbicides — agricultural use in Tonga was 13 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbicides — agricultural use recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 16 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest herbicides — agricultural use recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 t in 2016.
- How does Tonga rank for herbicides — agricultural use?
- Tonga ranks 157th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbicides — agricultural use rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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 Herbicides — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).