Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Kiribati or Tonga?

Tonga, at 568 number against 535 number in Kiribati as of 2015.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Tonga?

28 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kiribati vs Tonga: Teachers in primary education, female

Kiribati

535 number

in 2016

Tonga

568 number

in 2015

Kiribati rank

181st

Tonga rank

179th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Kiribati
Tonga

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 568 number against 535 number in Kiribati, a difference of 33 number.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.1 times Kiribati's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Tonga ahead.

Kiribati ranks 181st and Tonga ranks 179th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Tonga	Difference	Ahead
1970s	183.25 number	369.5 number	186.25 number	Tonga
1980s	229.83 number	474 number	244.17 number	Tonga
1990s	359 number	513.3 number	154.3 number	Tonga
2000s	450.57 number	513.71 number	63.14 number	Tonga
2010s	506 number	565 number	59 number	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Kiribati or Tonga?: Tonga, at 568 number against 535 number in Kiribati as of 2015.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Kiribati and Tonga?: 33 number, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Tonga?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.
How do Kiribati and Tonga rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Kiribati ranks 181st and Tonga ranks 179th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Teachers in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.