Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga

Tonga: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.48 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.48 LSU/ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 172 countries
All-time high
0.73 LSU/ha
in 1988
All-time low
0.14 LSU/ha
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga, 1961–2023

0.20.40.60.8196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.

Analysis

In 2023, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga stood at 0.48 LSU/ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga peaked at 0.73 LSU/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.14 LSU/ha, in 1961.

That places Tonga 16th out of 172 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga, year by year

Annual values for Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga, 1961 to 2023.
Year LSU/ha Change
1961 0.14 LSU/ha
1962 0.2 LSU/ha +42.9%
1963 0.18 LSU/ha -10.0%
1964 0.18 LSU/ha +0.0%
1965 0.19 LSU/ha +5.6%
1966 0.23 LSU/ha +21.1%
1967 0.19 LSU/ha -17.4%
1968 0.21 LSU/ha +10.5%
1969 0.2 LSU/ha -4.8%
1970 0.23 LSU/ha +15.0%
1971 0.21 LSU/ha -8.7%
1972 0.19 LSU/ha -9.5%
1973 0.24 LSU/ha +26.3%
1974 0.28 LSU/ha +16.7%
1975 0.3 LSU/ha +7.1%
1976 0.4 LSU/ha +33.3%
1977 0.48 LSU/ha +20.0%
1978 0.59 LSU/ha +22.9%
1979 0.6 LSU/ha +1.7%
1980 0.59 LSU/ha -1.7%
1981 0.69 LSU/ha +16.9%
1982 0.61 LSU/ha -11.6%
1983 0.52 LSU/ha -14.8%
1984 0.4 LSU/ha -23.1%
1985 0.49 LSU/ha +22.5%
1986 0.55 LSU/ha +12.2%
1987 0.64 LSU/ha +16.4%
1988 0.73 LSU/ha +14.1%
1989 0.59 LSU/ha -19.2%
1990 0.59 LSU/ha +0.0%
1991 0.59 LSU/ha +0.0%
1992 0.59 LSU/ha +0.0%
1993 0.58 LSU/ha -1.7%
1994 0.56 LSU/ha -3.4%
1995 0.49 LSU/ha -12.5%
1996 0.49 LSU/ha +0.0%
1997 0.52 LSU/ha +6.1%
1998 0.52 LSU/ha +0.0%
1999 0.52 LSU/ha +0.0%
2000 0.54 LSU/ha +3.8%
2001 0.54 LSU/ha +0.0%
2002 0.54 LSU/ha +0.0%
2003 0.54 LSU/ha +0.0%
2004 0.54 LSU/ha +0.0%
2005 0.54 LSU/ha +0.0%
2006 0.52 LSU/ha -3.7%
2007 0.52 LSU/ha +0.0%
2008 0.52 LSU/ha +0.0%
2009 0.51 LSU/ha -1.9%
2010 0.51 LSU/ha +0.0%
2011 0.51 LSU/ha +0.0%
2012 0.5 LSU/ha -2.0%
2013 0.5 LSU/ha +0.0%
2014 0.49 LSU/ha -2.0%
2015 0.48 LSU/ha -2.0%
2016 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2017 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2018 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2019 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2020 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2021 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2022 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%
2023 0.48 LSU/ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1911 LSU/ha 0.14 LSU/ha 0.23 LSU/ha 9
1970s 0.352 LSU/ha 0.19 LSU/ha 0.6 LSU/ha 10
1980s 0.581 LSU/ha 0.4 LSU/ha 0.73 LSU/ha 10
1990s 0.545 LSU/ha 0.49 LSU/ha 0.59 LSU/ha 10
2000s 0.531 LSU/ha 0.51 LSU/ha 0.54 LSU/ha 10
2010s 0.491 LSU/ha 0.48 LSU/ha 0.51 LSU/ha 10
2020s 0.48 LSU/ha 0.48 LSU/ha 0.48 LSU/ha 4

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 13 Malta 0.86 LSU/ha compare
  2. 14 Tokelau 0.78 LSU/ha compare
  3. 15 Japan 0.49 LSU/ha compare
  4. 16 Cyprus 0.48 LSU/ha compare
  5. 18 Barbados 0.47 LSU/ha compare
  6. 19 Samoa 0.39 LSU/ha compare

See the full ranking of 223 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga?
Swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Tonga was 0.48 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 0.73 LSU/ha in 1988.
What is the lowest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.14 LSU/ha in 1961.
How does Tonga rank for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Tonga ranks 16th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
Is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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 Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,804 data points, 1961–2023
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The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.