Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore
Singapore: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
148th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPIA
in 1971
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 2016
Years of data
34
1970–2023
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore is 1 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore peaked at 1.13 GPIA in 1971 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 2016.
Singapore ranks 148th of 211 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.12 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 1.13 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 1.07 GPIA | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 1.1 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 1.08 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 1.05 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 1.1 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 1.09 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 1.11 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 1.13 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 1.13 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.13 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.13 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.13 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.12 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.04 GPIA | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.1 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 145 Congo 1 GPIA compare
- 146 Mauritania 1 GPIA compare
- 147 Papua New Guinea 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Argentina 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Bahamas 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Bermuda 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Barbados 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Botswana 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Dominica 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Western Sahara 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Falkland Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Gibraltar 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Grenada 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Guam 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Guyana 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Jamaica 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Kiribati 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Marshall Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Malawi 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Namibia 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Nigeria 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Nauru 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Palau 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Solomon Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Sierra Leone 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Somalia 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Turkmenistan 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
- 148 United States 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Venezuela 1 GPIA compare
- 148 United States Virgin Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Samoa 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Zambia 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Zimbabwe 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Singapore
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.08 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13,402 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3,237 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 98,241 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.71 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 96,168 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.43 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Singapore was 1 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPIA in 1971.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2016.
- How does Singapore rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Singapore ranks 148th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release