School age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore
Singapore: School age population, early childhood educational development was 142,576 in 2025. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore, 2014–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore is 142,576, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore peaked at 142,576 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 96,389, in 2023.
Singapore ranks 62nd of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 102,435 | — |
| 2015 | 104,198 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 104,706 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 105,525 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 103,862 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 102,369 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 102,554 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 102,967 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 101,519 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 96,389 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 138,751 | +43.9% |
| 2025 | 142,576 | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 103,849 | 102,369 | 105,525 | 6 |
| 2020s | 114,126 | 96,389 | 142,576 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
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 school age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Singapore was 142,576 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 142,576 in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,389 in 2023.
- How does Singapore rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Singapore ranks 62nd out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. 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 School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release