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Start month of the academic school year in Tonga

Tonga: Start month of the academic school year was 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
169th
of 211 countries
All-time high
2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
in 1997
All-time low
1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
in 2014
Years of data
24
1997–2020

Start month of the academic school year in Tonga, 1997–2020

00.511.521997200820201997: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education1998: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education1999: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2000: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2001: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2002: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2003: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2004: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2005: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2006: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2007: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2008: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2009: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2010: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2011: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2012: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2013: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2014: 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2015: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2016: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2017: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2018: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2019: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education2020: 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education for start month of the academic school year in 2020. That is the highest value across all 24 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 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education, in 2014.

Tonga ranks 169th of 211 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Start month of the academic school year in Tonga, year by year

Year pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education Change
1997 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education —
1998 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
1999 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2000 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2001 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2002 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2003 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2004 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2005 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2006 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2007 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2008 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2009 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2010 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2011 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2012 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2013 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2014 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education -50.0%
2015 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +100.0%
2016 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2017 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2018 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2019 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%
2020 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 3
2000s 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 10
2010s 1.9 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 10
2020s 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 1

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 169 Angola 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  2. 169 Argentina 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  3. 169 Bhutan 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  4. 169 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  5. 169 Colombia 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  6. 169 Costa Rica 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  7. 169 Paraguay 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  8. 169 Samoa 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  9. 169 South Sudan 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  10. 169 Uganda 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare
  11. 169 Vanuatu 2 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education compare

See the full ranking of 211 places →

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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 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2020, 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 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 1997.
What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2014.
How does Tonga rank for start month of the academic school year?
Tonga ranks 169th out of 211 countries with data for 2020.
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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Indicator
Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
Unit
pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
211 places, 5,014 data points, 1995–2020
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Start month of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education). For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/