Compulsory education, duration in Tonga
Tonga: Compulsory education, duration was 15 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in Tonga, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Tonga is 15 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Tonga peaked at 15 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 1998.
Tonga ranks 3rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.8 years | 6 years | 15 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 years | 15 years | 15 years | 6 |
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More education data for Tonga
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 108.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 818 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 107.1% (2024)
- Labor force, female 46.9% (2025)
- Labor force, total 33,628 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Tonga?
- Compulsory education, duration in Tonga was 15 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 15 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 1998.
- How does Tonga rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Tonga ranks 3rd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.