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Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga

Tonga: Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre was 0.3014 number per square kilometre in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)
0.3014 number per square kilometre
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
50th
of 196 countries
All-time high
0.5139 number per square kilometre
in 1970
All-time low
0.2625 number per square kilometre
in 2011
Years of data
37
1970–2015

Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga, 1970–2015

00.20.40.61970199220151970: 0.514 number per square kilometre1971: 0.508 number per square kilometre1972: 0.481 number per square kilometre1973: 0.469 number per square kilometre1974: 0.506 number per square kilometre1975: 0.444 number per square kilometre1978: 0.485 number per square kilometre1979: 0.487 number per square kilometre1981: 0.393 number per square kilometre1982: 0.428 number per square kilometre1983: 0.46 number per square kilometre1984: 0.439 number per square kilometre1985: 0.394 number per square kilometre1986: 0.369 number per square kilometre1990: 0.297 number per square kilometre1991: 0.324 number per square kilometre1992: 0.39 number per square kilometre1993: 0.36 number per square kilometre1994: 0.322 number per square kilometre1995: 0.338 number per square kilometre1996: 0.356 number per square kilometre1997: 0.329 number per square kilometre1998: 0.314 number per square kilometre1999: 0.365 number per square kilometre2000: 0.326 number per square kilometre2001: 0.365 number per square kilometre2002: 0.324 number per square kilometre2003: 0.435 number per square kilometre2004: 0.433 number per square kilometre2007: 0.269 number per square kilometre2008: 0.279 number per square kilometre2009: 0.287 number per square kilometre2010: 0.268 number per square kilometre2011: 0.263 number per square kilometre2013: 0.275 number per square kilometre2014: 0.301 number per square kilometre2015: 0.301 number per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in number per square kilometre.

Analysis

In 2015, teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga stood at 0.3014 number per square kilometre.

That represents a change of down 30.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga peaked at 0.5139 number per square kilometre in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.2625 number per square kilometre, in 2011.

That places Tonga 50th out of 196 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.

Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga, year by year

Year number per square kilometre Change
1970 0.5139 number per square kilometre —
1971 0.5083 number per square kilometre -1.1%
1972 0.4806 number per square kilometre -5.5%
1973 0.4694 number per square kilometre -2.3%
1974 0.5056 number per square kilometre +7.7%
1975 0.4444 number per square kilometre -12.1%
1978 0.4847 number per square kilometre +9.1%
1979 0.4875 number per square kilometre +0.6%
1981 0.3931 number per square kilometre -19.4%
1982 0.4278 number per square kilometre +8.8%
1983 0.4597 number per square kilometre +7.5%
1984 0.4389 number per square kilometre -4.5%
1985 0.3944 number per square kilometre -10.1%
1986 0.3694 number per square kilometre -6.3%
1990 0.2972 number per square kilometre -19.5%
1991 0.3236 number per square kilometre +8.9%
1992 0.3903 number per square kilometre +20.6%
1993 0.3597 number per square kilometre -7.8%
1994 0.3222 number per square kilometre -10.4%
1995 0.3375 number per square kilometre +4.7%
1996 0.3556 number per square kilometre +5.3%
1997 0.3292 number per square kilometre -7.4%
1998 0.3139 number per square kilometre -4.6%
1999 0.3653 number per square kilometre +16.4%
2000 0.3264 number per square kilometre -10.6%
2001 0.3653 number per square kilometre +11.9%
2002 0.3236 number per square kilometre -11.4%
2003 0.4347 number per square kilometre +34.3%
2004 0.4333 number per square kilometre -0.3%
2007 0.2694 number per square kilometre -37.8%
2008 0.2792 number per square kilometre +3.6%
2009 0.2875 number per square kilometre +3.0%
2010 0.2681 number per square kilometre -6.8%
2011 0.2625 number per square kilometre -2.1%
2013 0.275 number per square kilometre +4.8%
2014 0.3014 number per square kilometre +9.6%
2015 0.3014 number per square kilometre +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 0.3014 number per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0805 number per square kilometre, 3.7× the median. (54 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 0.3014 number per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2103 number per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4868 number per square kilometre 0.4444 number per square kilometre 0.5139 number per square kilometre 8
1980s 0.4139 number per square kilometre 0.3694 number per square kilometre 0.4597 number per square kilometre 6
1990s 0.3394 number per square kilometre 0.2972 number per square kilometre 0.3903 number per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.3399 number per square kilometre 0.2694 number per square kilometre 0.4347 number per square kilometre 8
2010s 0.2817 number per square kilometre 0.2625 number per square kilometre 0.3014 number per square kilometre 5

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 47 Indonesia 0.3112 number per square kilometre compare
  2. 48 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3084 number per square kilometre compare
  3. 49 East Timor 0.3061 number per square kilometre compare
  4. 51 Pakistan 0.2965 number per square kilometre compare
  5. 52 Vietnam 0.2783 number per square kilometre compare
  6. 53 Saint Lucia 0.2607 number per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga?
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre in Tonga was 0.3014 number per square kilometre in 2015, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 0.5139 number per square kilometre in 1970.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2625 number per square kilometre in 2011.
How does Tonga rank for teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre?
Tonga ranks 50th out of 196 countries with data for 2015.
Is teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tonga data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre
Unit
number per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 7,292 data points, 1970–2020
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Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.