Education in Tonga 1,774 indicators covering education for Tonga. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.14 modelled data 2025 up 0.2% 45th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 79.2% 2025 up 5.1% 54th Teachers in secondary education, male 459 2015 up 2.2% 173rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.5% 2025 down 10.7% 162nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.5% 2025 up 5.1% 175th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.0% 2025 down 0.7% 171st Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 58.6% 2023 — 84th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 28.8% 2023 — 106th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.51 GPIA 2023 — 16th Primary education, teachers 78.2% 2024 up 8.3% 94th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 214 number 2015 up 105.8% 166th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.531 % change on previous year 2015 down 86.4% 123rd Repeaters, primary, total 3.0% 2013 down 51.0% 78th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 6.15 years 2024 — 4th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.22 years 2024 — 80th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.64 GPIA 2024 — 7th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.1% 2015 down 6.1% 127th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.18 years 2023 — 15th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 108.1% 2024 down 8.6% 10th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 103 number 2000 — 168th Persistence to grade 5, total 91.3% 2019 down 0.3% 86th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 91.3% 2019 up 1.0% 97th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3 2024 down 40.0% 175th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2 2024 down 33.3% 180th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 6 2024 down 14.3% 180th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 10 2024 up 11.1% 178th 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 children who are not in pre-primary school 22.3% 2024 — 67th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.09 years 2024 up 24.3% 147th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.01 years 2024 up 21.9% 154th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% 21st Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2024 unchanged 2nd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1 2023 — 163rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 191 2024 up 14.4% 170th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2002 — 79th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 107 2024 — 151st Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 53.8% 2024 — 28th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 92 2024 — 159th 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 Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.19 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.1% 45th Repeaters, primary, female 2.6% 2013 down 52.8% 75th Repeaters, primary, male 3.5% 2013 down 49.5% 76th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 20.6 years 2023 — 5th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.01 years 2023 — 37th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.22 GPIA 2023 — 1st Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2015 up 1.0% 1st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 106.5% 2024 down 11.8% 14th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 109.8% 2024 down 4.7% 8th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% 55th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 214 number 2015 up 107.8% 159th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 99.5% 2023 up 0.6% 4th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 99.9% 2023 up 1.0% 5th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.99 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% 8th School enrollment, secondary, private 67.4% 2020 up 5.0% 5th School enrollment, primary 85.9% 2015 down 13.0% 146th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% 48th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 11.1% 1999 up 61.7% 47th ← Previous Page 8 of 30 Next →