Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Singapore
Gross tertiary enrolment in Singapore was 97.3% in 2023.
Singapore, 2023
97.3%
Change from 2022
−0.7percentage points
World, 2023
43.2%
Position in 2023
11th of 128
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) 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 population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 97.3% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 97.1% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 93.1% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 91.1% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 88.9% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 84.8% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 83.9% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | – | 36.6% |
| 2014 | – | 35.6% |
| 2013 | – | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 102.0% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 96.0% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 93.3% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | – | 28.3% |
| 2008 | – | 27.4% |
| 2007 | – | 26.3% |
| 2006 | – | 25.7% |
| 2005 | – | 24.3% |
| 2004 | – | 23.6% |
| 2003 | – | 22.8% |
| 2002 | – | 21.6% |
| 2001 | – | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 98.0% in 2022.
- Since 2010, when it was 93.3%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
- Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Singapore has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.