Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Singapore

Children out of school in Singapore in 2023 — 504 people. Ranked 24 in the world out of 148. Since 2016, the indicator has risen by 1,963.6%.

2023 504 people −77.1% vs 2022
World rank 24of 148
Period maximum 2,201 people2022
Period minimum 24 people2016

Trend over time

2016–2023 · people

Children out of school — Singapore, 2016–202301,0002,0003,000201620172018201920202021202220232016: 24 people2017: 72 people2018: 476 people2019: 236 people2020: 268 people2021: 1,520 people2022: 2,201 people2023: 504 people
Change over the period: +480 (+1,963.61%) Average annual rate: 54.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Singapore 504 people
World computed 44.51M people
East Asia & Pacific computed 2.57M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.46M people
High-income countries computed 878,264 people
Children out of school — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 504 −1,697 −77.1%
2022 2,201 +681 +44.8%
2021 1,520 +1,252 +466.91%
2020 268 +32 +13.68%
2019 236 −240 −50.45%
2018 476 +404 +562.49%
2017 72 +47 +194.19%
2016 24

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

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