Share of primary school teachers who are women in Tonga
Tonga: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 78.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Tonga, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Tonga is 78.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Tonga peaked at 81.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43.5%, in 1971.
That places Tonga 99th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 48.9% | 43.5% | 57.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 61.4% | 59.3% | 64.9% | 6 |
| 1990s | 67.7% | 64.2% | 70.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.7% | 62.0% | 70.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 72.8% | 70.4% | 75.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 78.1% | 81.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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 818 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.1 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Tonga?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Tonga was 78.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.5% in 1971.
- How does Tonga rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Tonga ranks 99th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.