Primary school completion rate in Singapore
The primary completion rate in Singapore was 96.8% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2016.
Singapore, 2023
96.8%
Change from 2022
−2.8percentage points
World, 2023
87.3%
Position in 2023
62nd of 137
Primary school completion rate in Singapore over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 96.8% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 100.6% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 101.4% | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 98.1% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 99.8% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | – | 87.9% |
| 2014 | – | 88.1% |
| 2013 | – | 88.3% |
| 2012 | – | 88.1% |
| 2011 | – | 87.8% |
| 2010 | – | 88.5% |
| 2009 | – | 89.0% |
| 2008 | – | 88.2% |
| 2007 | – | 86.5% |
| 2006 | – | 85.3% |
| 2005 | – | 85.0% |
| 2004 | – | 84.2% |
| 2003 | – | 83.5% |
| 2002 | – | 83.3% |
| 2001 | – | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.8 percentage points from 99.6% in 2022.
- Since 2016, when it was 99.8%, the figure has changed by −2.9 percentage points.
- Among the 137 countries with data for 2023, Singapore has the 62nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.3%.
More for Singapore
All statistics for Singapore
Primary school enrolment (gross)
100.2%
2023 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
103.1%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
6.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Out-of-school children
0.2%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
0.4%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
0.6%
2023 · UNESCO UIS