Education in Tonga 133 indicators covering education for Tonga. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 58.2% 2025 up 1.7% 181st Population ages 0-14 34.9% 2025 down 4.9% 52nd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 108.8% 2024 down 7.4% 42nd Primary education, teachers 818 2024 up 4.6% 182nd School enrollment, primary, female 110.7% 2024 down 7.1% 30th School enrollment, primary, male 107.1% 2024 down 7.6% 50th Labor force, total 33,628 2025 down 9.0% 186th Labor force, female 46.9% 2025 up 15.9% 66th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9548 GPI 2020 down 2.7% 168th School enrollment, secondary 92.4% 2024 down 4.5% 93rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.4 per 1,000 2024 up 3.8% 89th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 20.6% 118th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 45.5% 153rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 38.9% 105th Secondary education, teachers 1,086 2015 up 10.6% 175th School enrollment, secondary, female 96.1% 2024 down 6.4% 81st School enrollment, secondary, male 89.1% 2024 down 2.7% 107th School enrollment, tertiary 42.9% 2023 — 97th School enrollment, primary, private 17.9% 2020 up 58.6% 77th School enrollment, preprimary 48.3% 2020 up 31.5% 125th School enrollment, tertiary, male 28.8% 2023 — 106th School enrollment, tertiary, female 58.6% 2023 — 84th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.18 GPI 2020 up 10.2% 9th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.51 GPI 2023 — 14th Secondary education, teachers, female 627 2015 up 17.6% 170th Primary completion rate, female 109.8% 2024 down 4.7% 7th Primary completion rate, male 106.5% 2024 down 11.8% 13th Government expenditure on education, total 5.3% 2022 up 14.5% 48th Secondary education, general pupils 15,401 2015 up 19.3% 179th Lower secondary completion rate, total 99.4% 2024 — 30th School enrollment, preprimary, female 50.6% 2020 up 37.0% 120th School enrollment, preprimary, male 46.2% 2020 up 26.1% 127th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 91.3% 2019 up 1.0% 96th Government expenditure on education, total 9.3% 2024 down 15.8% 159th Secondary education, general pupils 49.8% 2015 down 1.6% 100th Lower secondary completion rate, female 102.4% 2024 — 18th Lower secondary completion rate, male 96.8% 2024 — 46th Children out of school 2.3% 2022 down 28.2% 119th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 15,644 2024 down 8.5% 181st Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 16,132 2024 up 8.1% 181st Secondary education, vocational pupils 399 2015 down 64.4% 172nd Number of under-five deaths, male 13 2024 down 35.0% 176th Number of under-five deaths, female 10 2024 down 33.3% 178th Number of infant deaths, male 11 2024 down 31.2% 178th Number of infant deaths, female 8 2024 down 33.3% 179th Children out of school, female 12.1% 1999 down 6.0% 50th Children out of school, male 5.4% 1999 down 60.4% 88th Secondary education, vocational pupils 14.3% 2015 down 64.6% 180th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 111.9% 2013 up 3.4% 34th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.0% 2025 down 0.7% 170th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.5% 2025 up 5.1% 174th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.5% 2025 down 10.7% 161st Primary education, teachers 78.2% 2024 up 8.3% 94th Repeaters, primary, total 3.0% 2013 down 51.0% 78th Persistence to grade 5, total 91.3% 2019 down 0.3% 86th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3 2024 down 40.0% 173rd Page 1 of 3 Next →