Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in Tonga
Tonga: Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities was 95.3% in 2024. β² Rising
Latest (2024)
95.3%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
79th
of 101 countries
All-time high
95.3%
in 2023
All-time low
79.4%
in 2021
Years of data
5
2020β2024
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in Tonga, 2020β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 95.3% for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 10.5% over five years.
Tonga ranks 79th of 101 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 76 Moldova, Republic of 96.2% compare
- 77 Costa Rica 95.6%
- 78 Lebanon 95.5% compare
- 80 India 95.2% compare
- 81 Philippines 93.5% compare
- 82 Ukraine 92.0% 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 proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in Tonga?
- Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities in Tonga was 95.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 95.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.4% in 2021.
- How does Tonga rank for proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities?
- Tonga ranks 79th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release