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