School age population, lower secondary education, male in Tonga

Tonga: School age population, lower secondary education, male was 6,255 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
6,255 number
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
176th
of 205 countries
All-time high
6,255 number
in 2020
All-time low
4,294 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

School age population, lower secondary education, male in Tonga, 1970–2020

02.0k4.0k6.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 6,255 number for school age population, lower secondary education, male in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, male in Tonga peaked at 6,255 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,294 number, in 1970.

That places Tonga 176th out of 205 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

School age population, lower secondary education, male in Tonga, year by year

Annual values for School age population, lower secondary education, male (number) in Tonga, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 4,294 number
1971 4,454 number +3.7%
1972 4,632 number +4.0%
1973 4,833 number +4.3%
1974 5,061 number +4.7%
1975 5,299 number +4.7%
1976 5,377 number +1.5%
1977 5,411 number +0.6%
1978 5,437 number +0.5%
1979 5,497 number +1.1%
1980 5,588 number +1.7%
1981 5,604 number +0.3%
1982 5,542 number -1.1%
1983 5,410 number -2.4%
1984 5,072 number -6.2%
1985 4,954 number -2.3%
1986 4,747 number -4.2%
1987 4,619 number -2.7%
1988 4,546 number -1.6%
1989 4,499 number -1.0%
1990 4,480 number -0.4%
1991 4,564 number +1.9%
1992 4,709 number +3.2%
1993 4,896 number +4.0%
1994 5,099 number +4.1%
1995 5,264 number +3.2%
1996 5,242 number -0.4%
1997 5,160 number -1.6%
1998 5,027 number -2.6%
1999 4,875 number -3.0%
2000 4,764 number -2.3%
2001 4,691 number -1.5%
2002 4,696 number +0.1%
2003 4,764 number +1.4%
2004 4,866 number +2.1%
2005 4,957 number +1.9%
2006 4,993 number +0.7%
2007 5,013 number +0.4%
2008 5,014 number +0.0%
2009 5,006 number -0.2%
2010 5,001 number -0.1%
2011 4,965 number -0.7%
2012 5,957 number +20.0%
2013 5,931 number -0.4%
2014 5,932 number +0.0%
2015 5,955 number +0.4%
2016 5,962 number +0.1%
2017 6,015 number +0.9%
2018 6,093 number +1.3%
2019 6,176 number +1.4%
2020 6,255 number +1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 5,030 number 4,294 number 5,497 number 10
1980s 5,058 number 4,499 number 5,604 number 10
1990s 4,932 number 4,480 number 5,264 number 10
2000s 4,876 number 4,691 number 5,014 number 10
2010s 5,799 number 4,965 number 6,176 number 10
2020s 6,255 number 6,255 number 6,255 number 1

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 173 Iceland 6,754 number compare
  2. 174 Macau, China 6,750 number compare
  3. 175 Brunei Darussalam 6,310 number compare
  4. 177 Malta 6,253 number compare
  5. 178 Barbados 5,493 number compare
  6. 179 Samoa 4,799 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, lower secondary education, male in Tonga?
School age population, lower secondary education, male in Tonga was 6,255 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, male recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 6,255 number in 2020.
What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, male recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 4,294 number in 1970.
How does Tonga rank for school age population, lower secondary education, male?
Tonga ranks 176th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
Is school age population, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. 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 School age population, lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School age population, lower secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 12,264 data points, 1970–2020
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.