Tonga: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is up 1.92 percentage points from 47.89% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 17 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2015, Tonga's secondary education, general pupils (% female) fell 1.25 percentage points on 2014 (from 51.06% to 49.81%).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2014), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.06 percentage points in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.54 percentage points in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Tonga in the 2015 ranking

• Suriname — 1st of 8: 61.25%
• Bermuda — 2nd of 8: 51.96%
• Botswana — 3rd of 8: 51.54%
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 5th of 8: 49.29%
• Equatorial Guinea — 6th of 8: 48.9%
• Vanuatu — 7th of 8: 48.9%

What this measures

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 29 values

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Australia — 49.5% (2017)
• Brunei Darussalam — 49.21% (2018)
• Cambodia — 51.8% (2018)
• China — 47.92% (2018)
• Fiji — 50.2% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 48.27% (2018)
• Indonesia — 50.72% (2018)
• Kiribati — 54.81% (2017)
• Korea, Rep. — 48.46% (2017)
• Lao PDR

More education data for Tonga

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 15,644 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 108.79% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 818 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 110.66% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 107.14% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2020)

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Questions people ask

What is Tonga's secondary education, general pupils (% female)?

49.81% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 1.92 percentage points from 47.89% in 1970. The highest value was 51.06% in 2014 and the lowest 47.25% in 1983.

Is the latest change in secondary education, general pupils (% female) unusual for Tonga?

In 2015, Tonga's secondary education, general pupils (% female) fell 1.25 percentage points on 2014 (from 51.06% to 49.81%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2014), the average change was +0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.GC.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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