Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Tonga
Tonga: Teachers in primary education, female (number) was 568 number in 2015. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Tonga, 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 568 number for teachers in primary education, female in 2015. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Tonga peaked at 568 number in 2015 and was at its lowest, 282 number, in 1971.
That places Tonga 179th out of 196 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 288 number | — |
| 1971 | 282 number | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 296 number | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 303 number | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 304 number | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 368 number | +21.1% |
| 1978 | 412 number | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 467 number | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 412 number | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 485 number | +17.7% |
| 1983 | 501 number | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 494 number | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 460 number | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 492 number | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 475 number | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 481 number | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 503 number | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 495 number | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 469 number | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 541 number | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 548 number | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 555 number | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 526 number | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 540 number | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 519 number | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 560 number | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 540 number | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 511 number | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 531 number | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 471 number | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 464 number | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 473 number | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 484 number | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 517 number | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 472 number | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 565 number | +19.7% |
| 2015 | 568 number | +0.5% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 568 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,661 number, 2% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 568 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 15,428 number, 4% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 340 number | 282 number | 467 number | 8 |
| 1980s | 474 number | 412 number | 501 number | 6 |
| 1990s | 513.3 number | 469 number | 555 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 508.62 number | 464 number | 560 number | 8 |
| 2010s | 521.2 number | 472 number | 568 number | 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 teachers in primary education, female in Tonga?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Tonga was 568 number in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 568 number in 2015.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 282 number in 1971.
- How does Tonga rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Tonga ranks 179th out of 196 countries with data for 2015.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 Teachers in primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of female teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.