Youth literacy in Tonga

In Tonga, 99.7% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2023.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1976 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Tonga, 2023 99.7% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2019 −0.2percentage points 2019: 99.9%

Youth literacy in Tonga over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2006 to 2023
Period Tonga
2023 99.7%
2019 99.9%
2018 100.0%
2016 98.3%
2011 99.4%
2006 99.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 99.9% in 2019, a change of −0.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1976, when it was 99.8%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1976 to 2023 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