Qualified primary teachers in Singapore

In Singapore, 98.1% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2023.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2007 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Singapore, 2023 98.1% % of primary teachers
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 97.9%

Qualified primary teachers in Singapore over time

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

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2007 to 2023
Period Singapore
2023 98.1%
2022 97.9%
2021 98.0%
2020 98.2%
2019 97.8%
2018 98.3%
2017 99.0%
2016 99.0%
2009 98.6%
2008 98.9%
2007 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 97.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2007, when it was 99.2%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2007 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