Tonga - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Tonga was 20,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 12,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 12,000
1962 14,000
1963 14,000
1964 14,000
1965 15,000
1966 15,000
1967 15,000
1968 15,000
1969 17,000
1970 17,000
1971 17,000
1972 17,000
1973 17,000
1974 17,000
1975 17,000
1976 16,000
1977 16,000
1978 16,000
1979 16,000
1980 16,000
1981 16,000
1982 16,000
1983 16,000
1984 16,000
1985 16,000
1986 16,000
1987 16,000
1988 16,000
1989 16,000
1990 16,000
1991 16,000
1992 16,000
1993 16,000
1994 16,000
1995 16,000
1996 16,000
1997 15,000
1998 15,000
1999 15,000
2000 15,000
2001 15,000
2002 15,000
2003 15,000
2004 15,000
2005 15,000
2006 16,000
2007 16,000
2008 16,000
2009 17,000
2010 17,000
2011 17,000
2012 18,000
2013 18,000
2014 19,000
2015 20,000
2016 20,000
2017 20,000
2018 20,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Tonga was 0.194 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.211 in 1962 and a minimum value of 0.149 in 2005.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.188
1962 0.211
1963 0.203
1964 0.195
1965 0.202
1966 0.195
1967 0.190
1968 0.185
1969 0.205
1970 0.202
1971 0.199
1972 0.197
1973 0.195
1974 0.194
1975 0.192
1976 0.179
1977 0.177
1978 0.175
1979 0.173
1980 0.172
1981 0.171
1982 0.171
1983 0.171
1984 0.171
1985 0.170
1986 0.170
1987 0.170
1988 0.169
1989 0.169
1990 0.168
1991 0.168
1992 0.168
1993 0.167
1994 0.167
1995 0.167
1996 0.166
1997 0.155
1998 0.155
1999 0.154
2000 0.153
2001 0.152
2002 0.151
2003 0.151
2004 0.150
2005 0.149
2006 0.157
2007 0.156
2008 0.155
2009 0.164
2010 0.163
2011 0.164
2012 0.175
2013 0.177
2014 0.188
2015 0.198
2016 0.198
2017 0.196
2018 0.194

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Tonga was 27.78 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 27.78 in 2018, while its lowest value was 16.67 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 16.67
1962 19.44
1963 19.44
1964 19.44
1965 20.83
1966 20.83
1967 20.83
1968 20.83
1969 23.61
1970 23.61
1971 23.61
1972 23.61
1973 23.61
1974 23.61
1975 23.61
1976 22.22
1977 22.22
1978 22.22
1979 22.22
1980 22.22
1981 22.22
1982 22.22
1983 22.22
1984 22.22
1985 22.22
1986 22.22
1987 22.22
1988 22.22
1989 22.22
1990 22.22
1991 22.22
1992 22.22
1993 22.22
1994 22.22
1995 22.22
1996 22.22
1997 20.83
1998 20.83
1999 20.83
2000 20.83
2001 20.83
2002 20.83
2003 20.83
2004 20.83
2005 20.83
2006 22.22
2007 22.22
2008 22.22
2009 23.61
2010 23.61
2011 23.61
2012 25.00
2013 25.00
2014 26.39
2015 27.78
2016 27.78
2017 27.78
2018 27.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use