Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Tonga
Tonga: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 10.71 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Tonga, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 10.71 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Tonga peaked at 10.71 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.08, in 1960.
That places Tonga 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.08 | — |
| 1965 | 6.23 | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 6.78 | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 6.82 | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 7.24 | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 7.58 | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 8.3 | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 9.14 | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 9.08 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 9.23 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 10.71 | +16.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.16 | 6.08 | 6.23 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.8 | 6.78 | 6.82 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.41 | 7.24 | 7.58 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.72 | 8.3 | 9.14 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.16 | 9.08 | 9.23 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.71 | 10.71 | 10.71 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 818 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 108.79 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 108.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Tonga?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Tonga was 10.71 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 25+, total recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 10.71 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.08 in 1960.
- How does Tonga rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Tonga ranks 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.