Education in Singapore 1,860 indicators covering education for Singapore. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.9% 2012 down 7.9% 1st Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 8.5% 2012 down 24.6% 1st Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 776 1989 up 39.1% 157th School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.84 years 2023 down 1.8% 49th Productivity vs. educational attainment 65.92 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 27.1% 19th Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate -0.6149 % change on previous year 2009 up 97.5% 102nd Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 64.4% 2023 down 0.8% 74th Teachers in secondary education, female 8,760 2023 down 12.3% 118th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 8.4% 2009 up 228.1% 86th Teachers in secondary education, male 4,841 2023 down 10.2% 132nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.9% 2025 down 27.8% 156th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 24.0% 145th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 25.6% 155th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 102.1% 2023 down 3.0% 18th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 92.8% 2023 down 6.2% 10th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% 128th Primary education, teachers 80.5% 2023 up 0.1% 84th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 776 number 1989 up 39.1% 149th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year 2018 down 58.5% 91st Repeaters, primary, total 0.2% 2017 down 54.6% 159th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.52 years 2023 down 15.1% 35th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 4.1 years 2023 down 23.1% 12th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 9.5% 128th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.75 years 2023 up 0.7% 34th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 96.8% 2023 down 2.9% 78th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 14,402 number 2018 down 5.0% 78th Persistence to grade 5, total 99.5% 2022 up 0.2% 16th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.4% 2022 up 0.7% 18th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 16 2024 unchanged 160th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 23 2024 down 4.2% 154th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 82 2024 down 2.4% 143rd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 151 2024 down 8.5% 136th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 4.8% 2023 — 126th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 1989 unchanged 2nd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 0 1989 — 170th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 776 1989 up 39.1% 152nd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 5,789 2023 down 12.7% 75th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 41.0% 2023 up 16.5% 94th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 8,326 2023 down 31.8% 77th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.3% 2100 down 32.3% 108th Number of adults with no formal education by region 16,700 people 2100 down 37.2% 111th Population by level of education 4.00 million people 2100 down 5.3% 95th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.988 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 1.4% 77th Repeaters, primary, female 0.1% 2017 down 52.5% 156th Repeaters, primary, male 0.2% 2017 down 55.9% 156th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.89 years 2023 up 0.6% 36th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.66 years 2023 up 0.6% 29th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% 129th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 1989 unchanged 1st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 97.0% 2023 down 3.4% 72nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 96.7% 2023 down 2.5% 79th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9967 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% 123rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 776 number 1989 up 39.1% 145th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 88.1% 2020 up 16.3% 21st Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 95.4% 2020 up 4.8% 16th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.86 GPIA 2020 up 22.9% 34th School enrollment, secondary, private 5.9% 2023 up 38.7% 133rd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.9899 GPIA 2022 down 1.3% 142nd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 98.9% 2022 up 0.0% 35th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 99.9% 2022 up 1.3% 9th ← Previous Page 7 of 31 Next →