Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore
Singapore: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary was 39.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore is 39.0%, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore peaked at 48.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 1960.
Singapore ranks 88th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.2% | — |
| 1965 | 19.9% | +31.4% |
| 1970 | 28.1% | +40.9% |
| 1975 | 25.5% | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 26.0% | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 29.5% | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 34.5% | +17.0% |
| 1995 | 42.2% | +22.3% |
| 2000 | 48.2% | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 36.1% | -25.1% |
| 2010 | 39.0% | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.6% | 15.2% | 19.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 26.8% | 25.5% | 28.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 27.7% | 26.0% | 29.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 38.4% | 34.5% | 42.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.2% | 36.1% | 48.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 39.0% | 39.0% | 39.0% | 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: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Singapore was 39.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 48.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2% in 1960.
- How does Singapore rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary?
- Singapore ranks 88th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)