School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Tonga
Tonga: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.66 GPI in 2003. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Tonga, 1978–2003
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Tonga is 1.66 GPI, measured in 2003.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 23.1% over five years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Tonga peaked at 1.68 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.6982 GPI, in 1979.
That places Tonga 23rd out of 177 countries with data for 2003, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7832 GPI | 0.6982 GPI | 0.8681 GPI | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.21 GPI | 0.8114 GPI | 1.42 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.35 GPI | 1.35 GPI | 1.35 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.67 GPI | 1.66 GPI | 1.68 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.9% (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, tertiary, gender parity index in Tonga?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Tonga was 1.66 GPI in 2003, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 GPI in 2002.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6982 GPI in 1979.
- How does Tonga rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Tonga ranks 23rd out of 177 countries with data for 2003.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.