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Number Of Teachers By Level, School Type And Sex, Annual

Description

Annual counts of teachers in Singapore by education level, school type, and sex from 2003 through 2024, sourced from the Ministry of Education and published by the Singapore Department of Statistics. Excludes HQ staff and teachers on leave or secondment per footnotes. Supports education workforce planning, gender representation studies, and sector staffing trends.

Official description

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Data Last Updated: 23/03/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: The figures exclude officers in HQ, on various leave, on secondment to other institutions and those studying at NIE. Officers in Mixed Level schools are classified according to the level they teach or the level they are trained in. Include education officers on part-time employment scheme. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850641

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Coverage
2003-01-01 – 2024-12-31
Rows
36
Columns
23

Data

Data Series 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Primary 15273 15637 15853 16076 16042 15857 15787 15537 15357 14914 14683 14788 14309 13903 13693 13864 13023 12897 12597 12343 12209 12025
Government 11245 11478 11631 11790 11799 11629 11559 11339 11161 10740 10541 10553 10219 9936 9892 10066 9434 9284 9080 8959 8884 8757
Male 2290 2327 2342 2359 2364 2339 2316 2281 2250 2123 2069 2057 1976 1925 1880 1866 1740 1695 1634 1610 1592 1610
Female 8955 9151 9289 9431 9435 9290 9243 9058 8911 8617 8472 8496 8243 8011 8012 8200 7694 7589 7446 7349 7292 7147
Government-Aided 4028 4159 4222 4286 4243 4228 4228 4198 4196 4174 4142 4235 4090 3967 3801 3798 3589 3613 3517 3384 3325 3268
Male 698 705 710 714 723 719 724 705 690 677 664 685 644 626 582 593 578 552 520 490 466 464
Female 3330 3454 3512 3572 3520 3509 3504 3493 3506 3497 3478 3550 3446 3341 3219 3205 3011 3061 2997 2894 2859 2804
Secondary 12353 12621 13054 13417 13669 13848 14241 14778 15096 15207 15208 14993 14574 14043 13332 13214 12143 11892 11672 11495 11240 10830
Autonomous na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 2154 2042 1905 1860 1676
Male na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 650 581 539 534 509
Female na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na 1504 1461 1366 1326 1167
Government 8137 8304 8636 8922 9068 9226 9571 10041 10356 10541 10538 10416 10181 9859 9496 9378 8586 7239 7220 7238 7123 6935
Male 3016 3057 3161 3267 3317 3357 3477 3651 3716 3766 3724 3638 3550 3430 3277 3178 2958 2495 2470 2494 2472 2418
Female 5121 5247 5475 5655 5751 5869 6094 6390 6640 6775 6814 6778 6631 6429 6219 6200 5628 4744 4750 4744 4651 4517
Government-Aided 2536 2630 2716 2783 2844 2890 2926 2985 2972 2967 2996 2924 2821 2716 2515 2561 2404 1473 1425 1376 1332 1368
Male 902 916 929 957 956 965 966 994 982 978 989 971 925 880 793 826 763 518 502 484 459 466
Female 1634 1714 1787 1826 1888 1925 1960 1991 1990 1989 2007 1953 1896 1836 1722 1735 1641 955 923 892 873 902
Independent 969 977 1005 1031 1061 1047 1048 1063 1064 1064 1079 1086 1100 1064 1078 1080 1009 1026 985 976 925 851
Male 337 337 361 368 384 377 368 378 379 379 373 370 373 363 379 368 336 354 332 311 289 251
Female 632 640 644 663 677 670 680 685 685 685 706 716 727 701 699 712 673 672 653 665 636 600
Specialised Independent 404 401 387 367 416 356 360 366 386 353 349 358 309 259 185 140 105 na na na na na
Male 165 165 154 148 181 140 142 143 158 150 155 157 129 106 76 60 47 na na na na na
Female 239 236 233 219 235 216 218 223 228 203 194 201 180 153 109 80 58 na na na na na
Specialised 307 309 310 314 280 329 336 323 318 282 246 209 163 145 58 55 39 na na na na na
Male 165 175 183 181 159 191 187 183 176 161 145 126 101 91 35 33 24 na na na na na

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2024 Text No
2023 Text No
2022 Text No
2021 Text No
2020 Text No
2019 Text No
2018 Text No
2017 Text No
2016 Text No
2015 Text No
2014 Text No
2013 Text No
2012 Text No
2011 Text No
2010 Text No
2009 Text No
2008 Text No
2007 Text No
2006 Text No
2005 Text No
2004 Text No
2003 Text No