Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Singapore
Singapore: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.9458 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.9458
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
82nd
of 121 countries
All-time high
0.9472
in 2021
All-time low
0.7382
in 1980
Years of data
21
1980–2022
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Singapore, 1980–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 0.9458 for gender ratios for mean years of schooling in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Singapore peaked at 0.9472 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.7382, in 1980.
Singapore ranks 82nd of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.7382 | — |
| 1990 | 0.844 | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8601 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8982 | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9027 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.907 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9094 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9086 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9157 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9153 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9179 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9188 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9246 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9239 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9225 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9246 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9231 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9359 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9419 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9472 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9458 | -0.1% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0.9458 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.01, 94% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 0.9458 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9598, 99% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7382 | 0.7382 | 0.7382 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8521 | 0.844 | 0.8601 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9052 | 0.8982 | 0.9094 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9222 | 0.9153 | 0.9359 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.945 | 0.9419 | 0.9472 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
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 gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Singapore?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Singapore was 0.9458 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9472 in 2021.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7382 in 1980.
- How does Singapore rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Singapore ranks 82nd out of 121 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).