Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in Singapore
Singapore: Literacy rates vs average years of schooling was 97.65 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in Singapore, 1950–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 97.65 for literacy rates vs average years of schooling in 2021. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates vs average years of schooling in Singapore peaked at 97.65 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 47.5, in 1950.
That places Singapore 32nd out of 128 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 47.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 1 |
| 1980s | 82.91 | 82.91 | 82.91 | 1 |
| 1990s | 89.1 | 89.1 | 89.1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 92.55 | 92.55 | 92.55 | 1 |
| 2010s | 96.76 | 95.86 | 97.48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.39 | 97.13 | 97.65 | 2 |
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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 literacy rates vs average years of schooling in Singapore?
- Literacy rates vs average years of schooling in Singapore was 97.65 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates vs average years of schooling recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 97.65 in 2021.
- What is the lowest literacy rates vs average years of schooling recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.5 in 1950.
- How does Singapore rank for literacy rates vs average years of schooling?
- Singapore ranks 32nd out of 128 countries with data for 2021.
- Is literacy rates vs average years of schooling rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 Literacy rates vs average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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