Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Singapore
Singapore: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female was 12.02 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Singapore, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 12.02 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Singapore peaked at 12.02 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.72, in 1960.
Singapore ranks 5th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.72 | — |
| 1965 | 6.41 | +35.8% |
| 1970 | 7.88 | +22.9% |
| 1975 | 8.2 | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 8.17 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 8.13 | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 7.54 | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 9.29 | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 11.08 | +19.3% |
| 2005 | 10.2 | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 12.02 | +17.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.56 | 4.72 | 6.41 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.04 | 7.88 | 8.2 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.15 | 8.13 | 8.17 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.41 | 7.54 | 9.29 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.64 | 10.2 | 11.08 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.02 | 12.02 | 12.02 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More education data for Singapore
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13,601 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 336 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9,429 (1989)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8,429 (1989)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 163,746 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 238,816 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.4 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0404 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Singapore?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Singapore was 12.02 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 12.02 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.72 in 1960.
- How does Singapore rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Singapore ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.