Start month of the academic school year in Tonga
Tonga: Start month of the academic school year was 2 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Start month of the academic school year in Tonga, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for start month of the academic school year in Tonga is 2, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Tonga peaked at 2 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2014.
That places Tonga 174th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Start month of the academic school year in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | — |
| 1998 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More education data for Tonga
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15,644 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.1502 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7,462 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is start month of the academic school year in Tonga?
- Start month of the academic school year in Tonga was 2 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1997.
- What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2014.
- How does Tonga rank for start month of the academic school year?
- Tonga ranks 174th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release