Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Tonga
Tonga: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 20 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Tonga, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Tonga stood at 20 t.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Tonga peaked at 24 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9 t, in 2016.
Tonga ranks 178th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Tonga, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11 t | — |
| 1991 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 t | +36.4% |
| 2015 | 12 t | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 9 t | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 24 t | +166.7% |
| 2018 | 22 t | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 22 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 t | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 21 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20 t | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20 t | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 20 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,216 t, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 20 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 900.5 t, 2% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11 t | 11 t | 11 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11 t | 11 t | 11 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.8 t | 9 t | 24 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.4 t | 20 t | 21 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 175 Niger 26 t compare
- 176 Palau 25 t compare
- 177 Faroe Islands 23 t compare
- 179 New Caledonia 18 t compare
- 179 Sao Tome and Principe 18 t compare
- 181 British Virgin Islands 17 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 pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Tonga?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Tonga was 20 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 24 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 t in 2016.
- How does Tonga rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Tonga ranks 178th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. 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 Pesticides (total) — 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).