Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Singapore
Singapore: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female was 87.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Singapore, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Singapore stood at 87.4%.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Singapore peaked at 88.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 44.6%, in 1980.
That places Singapore 84th out of 136 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 44.6% | — |
| 1990 | 58.0% | +30.2% |
| 1995 | 68.8% | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 78.3% | +13.7% |
| 2006 | 73.8% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 74.2% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 75.6% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 75.3% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 80.2% | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 80.3% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 81.2% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 81.8% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 82.2% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 83.6% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 83.0% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.8% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 85.8% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 86.4% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 87.4% | -0.7% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 87.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 88% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 87.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 91.4%, 96% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Singapore changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +30.2% | 44.6% | 58.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.6% | 44.6% | 44.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 63.4% | 58.0% | 68.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 75.4% | 73.8% | 78.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 82.6% | 80.2% | 85.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.3% | 86.4% | 88.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 81 South Africa 88.7% compare
- 82 Panama 88.0% compare
- 83 Macao 87.8% compare
- 85 Philippines 87.2% compare
- 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.8% compare
- 87 Sri Lanka 86.6% compare
More education data for Singapore
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.79 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Singapore?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Singapore was 87.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 88.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.6% in 1980.
- How does Singapore rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Singapore ranks 84th out of 136 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release