Primary school enrolment (gross) in Singapore

Gross primary school enrolment in Singapore was 100.2% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 2016 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Singapore, 2023 100.2% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2022 +0.7percentage points 2022: 99.6%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 83rd of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Singapore over time

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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period SingaporeWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 100.2% 100.7%
2022 99.6% 100.4%
2021 99.9% 99.4%
2020 100.5% 99.6%
2019 100.7% 99.1%
2018 100.3% 99.1%
2017 100.6% 101.8%
2016 100.8% 102.1%
2015 – 101.0%
2014 – 101.6%
2013 – 103.0%
2012 – 102.9%
2011 – 102.4%
2010 – 102.5%
2009 – 102.7%
2008 – 102.9%
2007 – 102.7%
2006 – 101.7%
2005 – 101.7%
2004 – 101.6%
2003 – 100.9%
2002 – 99.4%
2001 – 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 99.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2016, when it was 100.8%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, Singapore has the 83rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2016 to 2023 for Singapore
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics