Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures in Tonga
Tonga: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures was 40 Square kilometres in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures in Tonga is 40 Square kilometres, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures in Tonga peaked at 40 Square kilometres in 1974 and was at its lowest, 10 Square kilometres, in 1961.
That places Tonga 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 Square kilometres | — |
| 1962 | 10 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20 Square kilometres | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30 Square kilometres | +50.0% |
| 1973 | 30 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 40 Square kilometres | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 40 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 40 Square kilometres is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17,666 Square kilometres, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 40 Square kilometres is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,822 Square kilometres, 2% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.78 Square kilometres | 10 Square kilometres | 20 Square kilometres | 9 |
| 1970s | 34 Square kilometres | 20 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 1980s | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 1990s | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2000s | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2010s | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 40 Square kilometres | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 152 Samoa 64.1 Square kilometres compare
- 153 British Virgin Islands 50 Square kilometres compare
- 154 Antigua and Barbuda 40 Square kilometres compare
- 154 Bahrain 40 Square kilometres compare
- 157 Liechtenstein 34.4 Square kilometres 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 in Tonga?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures in Tonga was 40 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 40 Square kilometres in 1974.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 Square kilometres in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures?
- Tonga ranks 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata