Primary net enrolment in Singapore

In Singapore, 99.8% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 2016 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Singapore, 2023 99.8% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2022 +0.7percentage points 2022: 99.1%
Position in 2023 16th of 157 See the full ranking

Primary net enrolment in Singapore over time

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2016 to 2023
Period Singapore
2023 99.8%
2022 99.1%
2021 99.4%
2020 99.9%
2019 99.9%
2018 99.8%
2017 100.0%
2016 100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 99.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2016, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Singapore has the 16th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
NERT.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2016 to 2023 for Singapore
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org