Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga
Tonga: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female was 12.43 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga is 12.43, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga peaked at 12.43 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.18, in 1960.
Tonga ranks 18th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.18 | — |
| 1965 | 6.23 | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 6.68 | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 9.09 | +36.1% |
| 1980 | 9.12 | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 7.56 | -17.1% |
| 1990 | 9.67 | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 9.6 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 10.82 | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 10.95 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 12.43 | +13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.21 | 6.18 | 6.23 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.88 | 6.68 | 9.09 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.34 | 7.56 | 9.12 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.63 | 9.6 | 9.67 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.88 | 10.82 | 10.95 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.43 | 12.43 | 12.43 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,132 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.9449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 818 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.2451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7,939 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,193 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,392 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -3.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Tonga was 12.43 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 12.43 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.18 in 1960.
- How does Tonga rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female?
- Tonga ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of education completed among females age 20-24.