Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga
Tonga: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education was 13 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2019, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga stood at 13. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 116.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga peaked at 13 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6, in 1998.
That places Tonga 1st out of 205 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13 | +62.5% |
| 2015 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.6 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More reference data data for Tonga
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0105 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0092 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0197 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 9.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga?
- Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Tonga was 13 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 13 in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 1998.
- How does Tonga rank for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 205 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.7%. 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 Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/