Samoa vs Tonga: Secondary education, general pupils, per capita

Samoa
0.1232 units per person
in 2018
Tonga
0.1452 units per person
in 2015
Samoa rank
3rd
Tonga rank
2nd

Secondary education, general pupils, per capita over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.1452 units per person against 0.1232 units per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.022 units per person.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tonga ahead.

Samoa ranks 3rd and Tonga ranks 2nd of 204 countries.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Tonga Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1194 units per person 0.1207 units per person 0.0013 units per person Tonga
1980s 0.1486 units per person 0.1569 units per person 0.0083 units per person Tonga
1990s 0.1205 units per person 0.1322 units per person 0.0118 units per person Tonga
2000s 0.125 units per person 0.1305 units per person 0.0055 units per person Tonga
2010s 0.1302 units per person 0.1387 units per person 0.0085 units per person Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, general pupils, per capita, Samoa or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.1452 units per person against 0.1232 units per person in Samoa as of 2015.
What is the difference in secondary education, general pupils, per capita between Samoa and Tonga?
0.022 units per person, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
21 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.
How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for secondary education, general pupils, per capita?
Samoa ranks 3rd and Tonga ranks 2nd of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, general pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,345 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.