Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre in Tonga
Tonga: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre was 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
130th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 1974
All-time low
0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre in Tonga, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Tonga is 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre, 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, permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Tonga peaked at 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Tonga 130th out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0123 1000 ha per square kilometre, 45% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0025 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0047 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 127 Estonia 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 128 Indonesia 0.0058 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 129 Denmark 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 131 United States Virgin Islands 0.0055 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 133 Rwanda 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Tonga?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Tonga was 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1974.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre?
- Tonga ranks 130th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre 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 Statizoid (derived), published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.