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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	3.68 % of GNI		[103rd of 168]
Children out of school, primary	276		[73rd of 126]
Duration of compulsory education	9 years		[101st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6		[125th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6		[134th of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	380		[131st of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	4.9%		[61st of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	13.2%		[60th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	107		[14th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	70.5%		[58th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	46.4%		[145th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	50%		[62nd of 170]
Geographical aptitude results	77.079		[30th of 191]
Literacy > Definition can read and write Tongan and/or English
Literacy > Male	98.8%		[7th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	98.9%		[5th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	13.5 %		[37th of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	20.31		[65th of 159]
Tertiary enrollment	3.8%		[118th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	1		[4th of 138]

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