Education in Tonga 1,774 indicators covering education for Tonga. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 2.5% 1999 down 70.3% 104th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 99.4% 2023 down 0.1% 8th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 99.4% 2024 — 34th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% 7th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 99.0% 2023 down 0.4% 17th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% 6th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 99.2% 2023 up 0.4% 4th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 99.5% 2023 up 0.1% 7th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 99.6% 2023 up 0.2% 4th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 99.3% 2023 down 0.1% 9th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 99.7% 2023 up 0.3% 16th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 10th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 99.6% 2023 up 0.3% 20th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 23rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 88.1% 2003 — 61st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 123 2023 up 26.8% 186th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 880 2023 down 7.9% 170th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 718 2023 down 13.1% 33rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1 2023 — 181st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 0 2023 — 197th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 0 2023 — 154th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 1 2023 down 50.0% 138th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 1 2023 — 125th Trained teachers in primary education 96.7% 2024 down 0.4% 61st Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 5 years 2020 up 25.0% 5th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 156th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 24 number 2000 — 153rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 123rd Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 17.9% 2020 up 58.6% 80th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 57.3% 48th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 99.8% 2023 up 0.3% 11th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 74th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 34th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2015 up 4.8% 40th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 0 2023 down 100.0% 192nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 0 2023 down 100.0% 188th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 197th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 15.7% 2023 down 21.2% 19th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 2.2% 2023 up 7.4% 58th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 12.8% 2023 down 25.8% 6th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 187th Share of primary school teachers who are women 78.2% 2024 up 8.3% 99th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 192nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.0983 GPIA 2023 up 25.6% 195th Share of students studying abroad 26.5% 2023 — 26th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 5 2024 down 95.7% 168th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 2 2025 unchanged 177th End month of the academic school year 12 2025 unchanged 1st Enrolment in primary education, female 8,052 number 2015 down 0.0% 180th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 102.4% 2024 — 22nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 96.8% 2024 — 50th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.05 GPIA 2024 — 66th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0.2% 1992 — 144th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 2 2024 down 90.9% 174th Over-age students, primary 0.9% 2015 down 89.8% 170th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 11 2023 down 15.4% 160th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 7 2023 unchanged 169th Secondary education, teachers 57.7% 2015 up 6.4% 106th School enrollment, primary, female 87.7% 1999 down 5.8% 110th ← Previous Page 9 of 30 Next →