Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0004 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.0004 Square kilometres per person for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.0004 Square kilometres per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 Square kilometres per person, in 1962.
Tonga ranks 122nd of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | +94.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | +47.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +30.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0004 Square kilometres per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0018 Square kilometres per person, 21% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0004 Square kilometres per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0002 Square kilometres per person, 1.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +94.6% | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person |
| 1972 | +47.5% | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person |
| 1974 | +30.6% | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | 0.0001 Square kilometres per person | 0.0003 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0002 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0004 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 119 Belgium 0.0004 Square kilometres per person compare
- 120 Indonesia 0.0004 Square kilometres per person compare
- 121 Benin 0.0004 Square kilometres per person compare
- 123 Denmark 0.0004 Square kilometres per person compare
- 124 Burundi 0.0004 Square kilometres per person compare
- 125 Puerto Rico 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 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 land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Tonga?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Tonga was 0.0004 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0004 Square kilometres per person in 1974.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 Square kilometres per person in 1962.
- How does Tonga rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Tonga ranks 122nd out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- 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
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.