Watermelons — Area harvested in Tonga
Tonga: Watermelons — Area harvested was 58 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Tonga stood at 58 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Tonga peaked at 170 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1961.
That places Tonga 107th out of 131 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Tonga, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 33 ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 35 ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 37 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 38 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 40 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 42 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 43 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 45 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 48 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 50 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 57 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 60 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 63 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | +42.9% |
| 1985 | 128 ha | +28.0% |
| 1986 | 128 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 130 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 162 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 170 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 60 ha | -64.7% |
| 1994 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 77 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 67 ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 56 ha | -16.4% |
| 1998 | 40 ha | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 33 ha | -17.5% |
| 2000 | 63 ha | +90.9% |
| 2001 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 64 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 65 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 66 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 67 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 68 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 68 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 67 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 65 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 63 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 72 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 57 ha | -20.8% |
| 2014 | 58 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 60 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 58 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 61 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 61 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 61 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 60 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 58 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 58 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 58 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 58 ha | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 58 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 1% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 58 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,036 ha, 1% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +90.9% | 33 ha | 63 ha |
| 1993 | -64.7% | 170 ha | 60 ha |
| 1984 | +42.9% | 70 ha | 100 ha |
| 1994 | +33.3% | 60 ha | 80 ha |
| 1998 | -28.6% | 56 ha | 40 ha |
| 1985 | +28.0% | 100 ha | 128 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.33 ha | 30 ha | 42 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52.3 ha | 43 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 104.2 ha | 63 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 90.5 ha | 33 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.3 ha | 63 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.6 ha | 57 ha | 72 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.4 ha | 58 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
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 watermelons — area harvested in Tonga?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Tonga was 58 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 170 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Tonga ranks 107th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.