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Tonga — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Tonga, 1984–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.31%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -48.7% since 1984
Education spending for Tonga was 5.31% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 14 years, from 1984 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 10.35% in 1984. The lowest was 3.80% in 2002 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.74% per year.
Tonga ranks 42 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Tonga sits above it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 49% since. Over the last decade (2017–2022) the figure moved up 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.31%
First (1984)
10.35%
Change
-48.7%
Highest
10.35%
in 1984
Lowest
3.80%
in 2002
Average
5.16%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.74%
Years of data
14
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.31% |
| 2021 | 5.16% |
| 2020 | 5.05% |
| 2019 | 4.86% |
| 2018 | 4.72% |
| 2017 | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 3.91% |
| 2003 | 4.16% |
| 2002 | 3.8% |
| 2001 | 4.48% |
| 2000 | 4.88% |
| 1999 | 5.38% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.