Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore
Singapore: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 1 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
129th
of 183 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPIA
in 2009
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 2016
Years of data
11
2007–2023
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore, 2007–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore stood at 1 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 2016.
Singapore ranks 129th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1.06 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 126 Canada 1.01 GPIA compare
- 127 Mauritania 1 GPIA compare
- 128 Cote d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Argentina 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Antigua and Barbuda 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Bahamas 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Bermuda 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Barbados 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Botswana 1 GPIA
- 129 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Dominica 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Gibraltar 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Grenada 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Guyana 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Jamaica 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Kiribati 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Saint Lucia 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Marshall Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Malawi 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Namibia 1 GPIA
- 129 Nauru 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Peru 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Palau 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Solomon Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Venezuela 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Samoa 1 GPIA compare
- 129 Zimbabwe 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Singapore
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Singapore was 1 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2016.
- How does Singapore rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Singapore ranks 129th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 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 upper 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