Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita was 0.0059 units per person in 2015. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga, 1970–2015
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga is 0.0059 units per person, measured in 2015.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.0062 units per person in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 units per person, in 1970.
That places Tonga 34th out of 198 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0022 units per person | — |
| 1984 | 0.0039 units per person | +81.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0039 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0044 units per person | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0041 units per person | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 0.004 units per person | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0044 units per person | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0048 units per person | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0048 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0048 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0051 units per person | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.005 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.005 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.005 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0049 units per person | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0052 units per person | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0059 units per person | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0062 units per person | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0059 units per person | -5.4% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0059 units per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0042 units per person, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0059 units per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.003 units per person, 2.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +81.3% | 0.0022 units per person | 0.0039 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0022 units per person | 0.0022 units per person | 0.0022 units per person | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.0041 units per person | 0.0039 units per person | 0.0044 units per person | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.0043 units per person | 0.004 units per person | 0.0048 units per person | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.0049 units per person | 0.0048 units per person | 0.0051 units per person | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.0056 units per person | 0.0049 units per person | 0.0062 units per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 87.87 (1999)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.13 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga?
- Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita in Tonga was 0.0059 units per person in 2015, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers, female, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0062 units per person in 2014.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers, female, per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 units per person in 1970.
- How does Tonga rank for secondary education, teachers, female, per capita?
- Tonga ranks 34th out of 198 countries with data for 2015.
- Is secondary education, teachers, female, per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Secondary education, teachers, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Secondary education, teachers, female ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Secondary education, teachers, female Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Secondary education, teachers, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.