Proportion Of Students Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency In Reading And Mathematics By Level And Sex, Annual
Description
Annual Singapore indicators of the proportion of students achieving at least minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics by education level and sex, drawn from PIRLS, PISA, and TIMSS for SDG 4.1.1 monitoring (series spanning roughly 1995–2023). Education researchers compare literacy and numeracy outcomes using the Department of Statistics CSV. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M850671.
Official description
Source: PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY (PIRLS), PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT (PISA) AND TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDY (TIMSS) Data Last Updated: 27/10/2025 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Data are used for SDG 4.1.1 ‘Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex’. Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 4.1.1. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850671
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 1995-01-01 – 2023-12-31
- Rows
- 12
- Columns
- 17
Data
| Data Series | 1999 | 2023 | 2019 | 2007 | 2003 | 1995 | 2022 | 2018 | 2015 | 2012 | 2009 | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion Of Students In Primary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Reading | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 96.66 | 97.25 | 96.79 | 96.65 | 90.21 |
| Male | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 95.46 | 96.4 | 95.75 | 95.54 | 87.55 |
| Female | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 97.93 | 98.16 | 97.9 | 97.98 | 93.07 |
| Proportion Of Students In Secondary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Reading | na | na | na | na | na | na | 88.83 | 88.75 | 88.85 | 90.13 | 87.52 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Male | na | na | na | na | na | na | 86.32 | 85.77 | 86.34 | 86.58 | 83.83 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Female | na | na | na | na | na | na | 91.44 | 91.86 | 91.53 | 93.84 | 91.34 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Proportion Of Students In Primary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Mathematics | na | 92.69 | 95.51 | 91.75 | 91.2 | 84.98 | na | na | 93.39 | na | na | na | na | 93.87 | na | na |
| Male | na | 93.09 | 95.07 | 90.38 | 89.81 | 83.41 | na | na | 92.73 | na | na | na | na | 92.94 | na | na |
| Female | na | 92.31 | 95.98 | 93.22 | 92.65 | 86.74 | na | na | 94.1 | na | na | na | na | 94.85 | na | na |
| Proportion Of Students In Secondary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Mathematics | 93.87 | 89.34 | 91.82 | 88.17 | 92.85 | 95.34 | na | na | 93.55 | na | na | na | na | 92.48 | na | na |
| Male | 93.11 | 89.3 | 90.47 | 85.79 | 91.53 | 95.37 | na | na | 92.27 | na | na | na | na | 90.41 | na | na |
| Female | 94.68 | 89.37 | 93.23 | 90.79 | 94.29 | 95.39 | na | na | 94.96 | na | na | na | na | 94.61 | na | na |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 1999 | Text | No |
| 2023 | Text | No |
| 2019 | Text | No |
| 2007 | Text | No |
| 2003 | Text | No |
| 1995 | Text | No |
| 2022 | Text | No |
| 2018 | Text | No |
| 2015 | Text | No |
| 2012 | Text | No |
| 2009 | Text | No |
| 2021 | Text | No |
| 2016 | Text | No |
| 2011 | Text | No |
| 2006 | Text | No |
| 2001 | Text | No |