Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Tonga
Tonga: Share of schools with access to basic drinking water was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 117 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2023
All-time low
95.4%
in 2021
Years of data
5
2020–2024
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Tonga, 2020–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 100.0% for share of schools with access to basic drinking water in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% over five years.
Tonga ranks 1st of 117 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 98.5% | — |
| 2021 | 95.4% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 96.2% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 100.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 100.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 100.0%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 1 Andorra 100.0% compare
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- 1 Belgium 100.0%
- 1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Cape Verde 100.0%
- 1 Cayman Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Cook Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 100.0%
- 1 Czechia 100.0%
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- 1 Dominica 100.0%
- 1 Estonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Finland 100.0% compare
- 1 France 100.0% compare
- 1 Georgia 100.0% compare
- 1 Germany 100.0% compare
- 1 Gibraltar 100.0% compare
- 1 Grenada 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong 100.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 100.0% compare
- 1 Israel 100.0% compare
- 1 Italy 100.0%
- 1 Jordan 100.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 100.0%
- 1 Lithuania 100.0% compare
- 1 Luxembourg 100.0%
- 1 Macao 100.0% compare
- 1 Malaysia 100.0% compare
- 1 Mauritius 100.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 100.0% compare
- 1 Montserrat 100.0% compare
- 1 Netherlands 100.0% compare
- 1 Niue 100.0% compare
- 1 Norway 100.0% compare
- 1 Oman 100.0% compare
- 1 Poland 100.0%
- 1 Portugal 100.0%
- 1 Qatar 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 100.0%
- 1 Samoa 100.0% compare
- 1 San Marino 100.0% compare
- 1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% compare
- 1 Seychelles 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0%
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- 1 Slovenia 100.0% compare
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- 1 Spain 100.0% compare
- 1 Sweden 100.0% compare
- 1 Switzerland 100.0% compare
- 1 Thailand 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkey 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0% compare
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- 1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% compare
- 1 Uruguay 100.0%
- 1 Anguilla 100.0% compare
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- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Mongolia 100.0% compare
- 1 New Zealand 100.0% compare
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- 1 Tokelau 100.0% compare
More education data for Tonga
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,086 (2015)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 20 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,228 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,164 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 16,132 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15,644 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1502 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Tonga?
- Share of schools with access to basic drinking water in Tonga was 100.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic drinking water recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.4% in 2021.
- How does Tonga rank for share of schools with access to basic drinking water?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of schools with access to basic drinking water. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by education level (%).