Primary net enrolment in Tonga
In Tonga, 98.1% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023.
Tonga, 2023
98.1%
Change from 2022
+0.4percentage points
Position in 2023
61st of 157
Primary net enrolment in Tonga over time
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Tonga |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 98.1% |
| 2022 | 97.7% |
| 2021 | 96.3% |
| 2020 | 99.7% |
| 2019 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 99.8% |
| 2015 | 97.7% |
| 2014 | 96.7% |
| 2013 | 96.8% |
| 2012 | 96.8% |
| 2006 | 99.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2005 | 99.9% |
| 2004 | 99.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2001 | 98.8%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 97.7% in 2022.
- Since 2006, when it was 99.9%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
- Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Tonga has the 61st highest value.
More for Tonga
All statistics for Tonga
Out-of-school children
2.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
108.8%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
25.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
98.2%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
92.4%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
6.9%
2024 · UNESCO UIS