Singapore's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) was 5.86% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.7 percentage points from 5.17% in 2018.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.86% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 5.17% | 2018 |
| Highest | 6.37% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 4.23% | 2016 |
| Average since 2016 | 5.29% | 2016–2023 |
| First recorded | 5.89% | 2007 |
Over five years it is up 0.7 percentage points from 5.17% in 2018. Since 2007 it is down 0.02 percentage points from 5.89% in 2007. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2023, Singapore's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 0.18 percentage points on 2022 (from 5.69% to 5.86%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was +0.24 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.75 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 87% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Singapore had the 27th highest value of the 38 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Singapore in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Limitations: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 11 values
| Year | School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.86 |
| 2022 | 5.69 |
| 2021 | 5.62 |
| 2020 | 5.43 |
| 2019 | 5.31 |
| 2018 | 5.17 |
| 2017 | 4.98 |
| 2016 | 4.23 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 |
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies
- Australia — 48.05% (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 17.29% (2020)
- China — 13.73% (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 22.14% (2024)
- Indonesia — 42.14% (2018)
- Japan — 22.41% (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 28.11% (2024)
- Lao PDR — 3.62% (2020)
- Macao SAR, China — 96.68% (2024)
More education data for Singapore
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
- Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 2.19% (2024)
- Preprimary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 238,816 (2023)
- Primary education, teachers — 16,639 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 163,746 (2023)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 80.55% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Singapore's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?
- 5.86% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is down 0.02 percentage points from 5.89% in 2007. The highest value was 6.37% in 2009 and the lowest 4.23% in 2016.
- How does Singapore rank?
- 27th highest of 38 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) unusual for Singapore?
- In 2023, Singapore's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 0.18 percentage points on 2022 (from 5.69% to 5.86%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2022), the average change was +0.24 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PRIV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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