Education in Singapore

1,860 indicators covering education for Singapore.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 4,384 millions 2023 up 21.3% 45th
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 53.2% 2024 up 25.3% 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 53.2% 2024 up 25.3% 4th
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 55.5% 2024 up 21.2% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 55.5% 2024 up 21.2% 3rd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 51.1% 2024 up 29.7% 9th
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 51.1% 2024 up 29.7% 9th
Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 0 2023 16th
Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2021 unchanged 23rd
Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 0 2023 14th
Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 0 2023 16th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.9212 GPIA 2024 up 6.9% 91st
Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 55.7% 2023 up 8.7% 55th
Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 1.2% 2023 up 14.9% 55th
Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 44.3% 2023 down 9.1% 83rd
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 2.32 years 2023 down 1.4% 3rd
Percentage of lower secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV 90.4% 2023 up 6.6% 37th
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 2.39 years 2023 down 1.9% 3rd
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 2.25 years 2023 down 0.7% 4th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2023 up 558.2% 36th
Government expenditure per student, tertiary 23.5% 2017 up 4.6% 73rd
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 85.3% 2022 up 10.2% 55th
Share of the population with lower secondary education 85.3% 2022 up 10.2% 55th
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in public institutions 91.8% 2013 66th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.0% 2023 up 25.8% 95th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 122.1% 2023 down 0.7% 4th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 85.3% 2022 up 10.2% 54th
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 0.9428 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% 61st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 87.8% 2022 up 8.4% 48th
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 10.6% 2012 17th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 19.8% 2023 down 3.3% 15th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 8.5% 2023 up 23.0% 52nd
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 87.8% 2022 up 8.4% 47th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 82.9% 2022 up 11.9% 56th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2023 up 1,106.8% 35th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 11.3% 2023 up 34.7% 68th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.0% 2023 up 3.0% 74th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 118.5% 2023 down 0.9% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 125.6% 2023 down 0.5% 4th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.5% 2023 up 185.9% 108th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 11.2% 2023 up 37.2% 75th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9441 GPIA 2022 up 3.2% 81st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.4% 2023 down 14.0% 104th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.1% 2023 up 232.3% 39th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 82.9% 2022 up 11.9% 55th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 80.5% 2023 up 0.1% 53rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 30.4% 2023 down 2.8% 14th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.2% 2023 down 3.4% 13th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 10.8% 2023 up 28.5% 39th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 6.0% 2023 up 12.7% 69th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 27.3% 2023 down 19.3% 52nd
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 64.2% 2023 down 1.9% 118th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.6% 2023 down 14.3% 82nd
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 35.6% 2023 up 3.3% 6th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 15.2% 2023 up 30.0% 63rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.0% 2023 up 46.1% 71st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2023 up 166.3% 103rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.4% 2023 up 222.4% 108th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.5% 2023 down 3.2% 51st