Permanent meadows and pastures — Area in Tonga
Tonga: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area was 4 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent meadows and pastures — area in Tonga is 4 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — area in Tonga peaked at 4 1000 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 1 1000 ha, in 1961.
That places Tonga 192nd out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.78 1000 ha | 1 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.4 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 189 Trinidad and Tobago 6.2 1000 ha compare
- 190 Channel Islands 5.12 1000 ha compare
- 191 Equatorial Guinea 4.92 1000 ha compare
- 192 Antigua and Barbuda 4 1000 ha compare
- 192 Bahrain 4 1000 ha compare
- 195 Liechtenstein 3.44 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Tonga
- Inland waters — Area 2.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.46 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 26.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 9.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.43 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 21.79 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.3 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 42.92 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 88.54 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — area in Tonga?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — area in Tonga was 4 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 4 1000 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area?
- Tonga ranks 192nd out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — area 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.