School life expectancy, primary, female in Tonga
Tonga: School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.7 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Tonga, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 6.7 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Tonga peaked at 7.23 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5.86 years, in 1983.
That places Tonga 39th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.54 years | 6.12 years | 7.04 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.15 years | 5.86 years | 6.45 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 6.2 years | 5.97 years | 6.53 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.74 years | 6.53 years | 7.01 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.03 years | 6.76 years | 7.23 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 6.63 years | 6.46 years | 6.74 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- 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 818 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.1 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Tonga?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Tonga was 6.7 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 7.23 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.86 years in 1983.
- How does Tonga rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Tonga ranks 39th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release