Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tonga
Tonga: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7097 LPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tonga, 1996β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.7097 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and up 64.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tonga peaked at 0.7097 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3828 LPIA, in 1996.
Tonga ranks 16th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3828 LPIA | 0.3828 LPIA | 0.3828 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4851 LPIA | 0.4851 LPIA | 0.4851 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.4647 LPIA | 0.4317 LPIA | 0.4978 LPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.6619 LPIA | 0.6141 LPIA | 0.7097 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 13 United States 0.751 LPIA compare
- 14 Brunei Darussalam 0.7348 LPIA compare
- 15 Netherlands 0.7331 LPIA compare
- 17 Canada 0.7083 LPIA compare
- 18 Sweden 0.7009 LPIA compare
- 19 Finland 0.6963 LPIA compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 108.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0079 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tonga?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tonga was 0.7097 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7097 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3828 LPIA in 1996.
- How does Tonga rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Tonga ranks 16th out of 93 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release