Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Tonga
Tonga: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 27 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Tonga, 1977–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 27 1000 USD for soil working equipment (trade) — import value in 2008. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 85.5% on the previous year and down 89.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Tonga peaked at 295 1000 USD in 1982 and was at its lowest, 27 1000 USD, in 2008.
That places Tonga 173rd out of 192 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 130 1000 USD | — |
| 1978 | 59 1000 USD | -54.6% |
| 1979 | 81 1000 USD | +37.3% |
| 1980 | 100 1000 USD | +23.5% |
| 1981 | 112 1000 USD | +12.0% |
| 1982 | 295 1000 USD | +163.4% |
| 1983 | 100 1000 USD | -66.1% |
| 1984 | 90 1000 USD | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 115 1000 USD | +27.8% |
| 1986 | 41 1000 USD | -64.3% |
| 1987 | 38 1000 USD | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 117 1000 USD | +207.9% |
| 1989 | 136 1000 USD | +16.2% |
| 1990 | 78 1000 USD | -42.6% |
| 1991 | 277 1000 USD | +255.1% |
| 1992 | 280 1000 USD | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 250 1000 USD | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 213 1000 USD | -14.8% |
| 1995 | 220 1000 USD | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 235 1000 USD | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 250 1000 USD | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 260 1000 USD | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 270 1000 USD | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 293 1000 USD | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 53 1000 USD | -81.9% |
| 2002 | 175 1000 USD | +230.2% |
| 2003 | 121 1000 USD | -30.9% |
| 2004 | 104 1000 USD | -14.0% |
| 2005 | 175 1000 USD | +68.3% |
| 2006 | 120 1000 USD | -31.4% |
| 2007 | 186 1000 USD | +55.0% |
| 2008 | 27 1000 USD | -85.5% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 27 1000 USD is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,030 1000 USD, 1% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 27 1000 USD is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,792 1000 USD, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +255.1% | 78 1000 USD | 277 1000 USD |
| 2002 | +230.2% | 53 1000 USD | 175 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 90 1000 USD | 59 1000 USD | 130 1000 USD | 3 |
| 1980s | 114.4 1000 USD | 38 1000 USD | 295 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 233.3 1000 USD | 78 1000 USD | 280 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 139.33 1000 USD | 27 1000 USD | 293 1000 USD | 9 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 170 Chad 40 1000 USD compare
- 171 Seychelles 38 1000 USD compare
- 172 Mayotte 30 1000 USD compare
- 174 British Virgin Islands 24 1000 USD compare
- 175 Maldives 17 1000 USD compare
- 175 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 17 1000 USD 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 soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Tonga?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Tonga was 27 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 295 1000 USD in 1982.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 1000 USD in 2008.
- How does Tonga rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- Tonga ranks 173rd out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.