Watermelons — Yield in Tonga
Tonga: Watermelons — Yield was 7,666 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Tonga, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 7,666 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Tonga peaked at 16,714 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 6,944 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Tonga 112th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Tonga, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,484 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 15,625 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 15,454 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 15,714 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 15,405 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 15,790 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 15,750 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 15,476 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 15,581 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 15,111 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 14,167 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 14,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 14,546 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 15,454 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 16,364 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 15,091 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 14,912 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 15,079 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 15,385 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 16,176 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 16,714 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 11,000 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1985 | 8,438 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1986 | 7,812 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 8,462 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 8,571 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 8,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 10,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 10,508 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 9,471 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 13,900 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1995 | 10,119 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 10,074 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 9,996 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9,394 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 8,508 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2001 | 9,231 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 9,267 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 9,194 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 9,083 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 8,984 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 8,884 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 9,286 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 8,647 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 8,516 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 8,386 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 8,255 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 6,944 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 8,021 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 7,776 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 7,667 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 7,897 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 7,532 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 7,353 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 7,229 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 7,516 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 7,623 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 7,580 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 7,641 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 7,666 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 7,666 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 7,666 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,172 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +46.8% | 9,471 kg/ha | 13,900 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -34.2% | 16,714 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -28.1% | 13,900 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,522 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,790 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,023 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 16,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,630 kg/ha | 7,812 kg/ha | 16,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,346 kg/ha | 9,394 kg/ha | 13,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,960 kg/ha | 8,508 kg/ha | 9,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,706 kg/ha | 6,944 kg/ha | 8,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,605 kg/ha | 7,516 kg/ha | 7,666 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Tonga?
- Watermelons — yield in Tonga was 7,666 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 16,714 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,944 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Tonga rank for watermelons — yield?
- Tonga ranks 112th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.