Tonga's adult literacy fell from 99.6 % in 1976 to 99.5 % in 2023.
Tonga's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 102.1 % in 1993 to 108.8 % in 2024.
Tonga · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Tonga's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 99.8 % in 1976 to 99.7 % in 2023.
Tonga's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) fell from 106.5 % in 1983 to 92.4 % in 2024.
Tonga's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.0 % in 1970 to 42.9 % in 2023.
Tonga's children out of school, primary fell from 674 in 1970 to 354.1 in 2022.
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- Primary completion rateup +5.5 pts8th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +6.0 pts71st of 96
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −27.2 pts73rd of 95
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs19th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.2 yrs42nd of 145
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts38th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.9 pts85th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.0 %82nd of 142*
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