Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Singapore
Singapore: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9473 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Singapore, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 0.9473 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Singapore peaked at 0.9527 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6831 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Singapore 80th out of 137 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 upper secondary education or in Singapore, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.6831 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.8655 GPIA | +26.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8521 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8881 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9176 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9302 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9197 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9135 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.91 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.914 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.917 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9195 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9282 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9254 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9189 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9223 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9195 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9345 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9385 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9527 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9473 GPIA | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6831 GPIA | 0.6831 GPIA | 0.6831 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8588 GPIA | 0.8521 GPIA | 0.8655 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9138 GPIA | 0.8881 GPIA | 0.9302 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9209 GPIA | 0.91 GPIA | 0.9345 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9461 GPIA | 0.9385 GPIA | 0.9527 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 77 Saudi Arabia 0.953 GPIA compare
- 78 Germany 0.9514 GPIA compare
- 79 Hong Kong, China 0.9476 GPIA compare
- 81 Greece 0.9421 GPIA compare
- 82 Switzerland 0.9415 GPIA compare
- 83 Namibia 0.9387 GPIA compare
More education data for Singapore
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 16,639 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 74.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.25 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 100.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Singapore?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Singapore was 0.9473 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9527 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6831 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Singapore rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Singapore ranks 80th out of 137 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release