Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Singapore

Share of children out of school in Singapore in 2023 — 0.21%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 146. Since 2016, the indicator has risen by 0.2 pp.

2023 0.21% −0.72 pp vs 2022
World rank 16of 146
Period maximum 0.93%2022
Period minimum 0.01%2016

Trend over time

2016–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Singapore, 2016–202300.250.50.751201620172018201920202021202220232016: 0.01%2017: 0.03%2018: 0.2%2019: 0.1%2020: 0.12%2021: 0.65%2022: 0.93%2023: 0.21%
Change over the period: +0.2 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Singapore

Singapore 0.21%
World computed 8.88%
East Asia & Pacific computed 3.38%
South-Eastern Asia computed 3.84%
High-income countries computed 1.99%
Share of children out of school — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.21 −0.72 pp
2022 0.93 +0.28 pp
2021 0.65 +0.53 pp
2020 0.12 +0.01 pp
2019 0.1 −0.1 pp
2018 0.2 +0.17 pp
2017 0.03 +0.02 pp
2016 0.01 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.