Education in Tonga 133 indicators covering education for Tonga. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2 2024 down 33.3% 178th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 6 2024 down 14.3% 178th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 10 2024 up 11.1% 176th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 111.3% 2013 up 4.4% 30th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 112.5% 2013 up 2.4% 37th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 up 0.7% 125th Number of adults with no formal education by region 200 people 2100 unchanged 195th Population by level of education 38,000 people 2100 up 10.8% 196th Repeaters, primary, female 2.6% 2013 down 52.8% 75th Repeaters, primary, male 3.5% 2013 down 49.5% 76th School enrollment, secondary, private 67.4% 2020 up 5.0% 5th School enrollment, primary 85.9% 2015 down 13.0% 146th Trained teachers in primary education 96.7% 2024 down 0.4% 61st Over-age students, primary 0.9% 2015 down 89.8% 170th Secondary education, teachers 57.7% 2015 up 6.4% 106th School enrollment, primary, female 87.7% 1999 down 5.8% 110th School enrollment, primary, male 93.0% 1999 up 1.6% 87th Over-age students, primary, male 1.1% 2015 down 88.3% 169th Over-age students, primary, female 0.7% 2015 down 91.5% 169th Compulsory education, duration 15 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 98.9% 2015 up 0.1% 33rd Trained teachers in primary education, female 96.1% 2024 down 0.7% 60th Trained teachers in primary education, male 98.9% 2024 up 1.2% 48th Primary education, pupils 47.4% 2015 up 0.2% 178th Tertiary education, academic staff 53.8% 2024 — 27th Persistence to grade 5, female 91.5% 2019 down 0.1% 86th Persistence to grade 5, male 91.2% 2019 down 0.3% 76th School enrollment, secondary 82.1% 2015 up 7.4% 79th Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th School enrollment, secondary, female 83.7% 2015 up 4.1% 73rd School enrollment, secondary, male 80.6% 2015 up 10.5% 77th Literacy rate, youth female 99.8% 2023 up 0.3% 10th Children out of school, primary 354.15 2022 down 24.0% 174th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 88.9% 1999 down 4.5% 116th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 97.5% 1999 up 6.5% 42nd Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2023 unchanged 24th Literacy rate, youth male 99.6% 2023 up 0.3% 19th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 21.63 2015 up 6.6% 86th Literacy rate, youth total 99.7% 2023 up 0.3% 15th Expenditure on secondary education 30.1% 2004 up 30.5% 92nd Expenditure on primary education 44.4% 2004 up 56.1% 34th Secondary education, pupils 48.9% 2015 up 1.1% 109th Children out of school, primary, female 882 1999 down 13.6% 147th Children out of school, primary, male 435 1999 down 62.1% 160th Literacy rate, adult total 99.5% 2023 up 0.1% 7th Literacy rate, adult male 99.3% 2023 down 0.1% 9th Trained teachers in preprimary education 92.7% 2024 down 7.3% 48th Adolescents out of school 6.9% 2024 up 55.2% 84th Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 92.7% 2024 down 7.3% 50th Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 14.55 2015 down 2.0% 94th Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 10.53 2015 — 153rd Adolescents out of school, female 4.5% 2024 up 25.3% 98th Adolescents out of school, male 9.1% 2024 down 1.2% 72nd Net intake rate in grade 1 60.3% 2013 down 28.6% 82nd Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 5.11 2000 — 172nd Net intake rate in grade 1, female 59.7% 2013 down 31.2% 82nd Net intake rate in grade 1, male 60.9% 2013 down 26.1% 81st Pupils per qualified teacher in primary education 19.85 pupils per teacher 2024 down 14.5% 62nd Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ yea 96.5% 2023 up 0.5% 55th Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ yea 95.9% 2023 down 0.1% 64th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →