Tonga Literacy Rate 1976-2025

Tonga literacy rate for 2021 was 99.40%, a 0.01% increase from 2011.
  • Tonga literacy rate for 2011 was 99.39%, a 0.37% increase from 2006.
  • Tonga literacy rate for 2006 was 99.02%, a 0.11% increase from 1996.
  • Tonga literacy rate for 1996 was 98.91%, a 0.69% decline from 1976.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.