Primary completion (UIS) in Tonga

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Tonga
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Tonga, 98.2% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2019 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS

Tonga, 2019 98.2% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Position in 2019 31st of 61 See the full ranking

Primary completion (UIS) in Tonga over time: Girls

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2019 to 2019
Period	Tonga
2019	98.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Tonga has the 31st highest value.

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All statistics for Tonga

Lower secondary completion 92.4% 2019 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 108.1% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 25.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT Out-of-school children 2.3% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 6.9% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 28.7% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2019 to 2019 for Tonga
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

How Tonga compares in 2019 Neighbouring positions among 61 countries with a value for 2019.

28 Sweden 98.4%
29 Romania 98.4%
30 Guyana 98.2%
31 Tonga 98.2%
32 Ecuador 98.2%
33 Portugal 98.1%
34 Uruguay 98.1%

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Tonga by sex

Total 98.2%2019
Girls 98.6%2019
Boys 97.8%2019

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

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This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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