School Life Expectancy, Annual
What this data shows
Published by Ministry of Education. 21 records. Fields include Year, School life expectancy (2 columns in total). Covers 2000-01-01 to 2020-12-31. Last updated 2024-06-06.
Description
Ministry of Education annual CSV of school life expectancy for Singapore’s resident population from 2000 through 2020—the expected years of education a six-year-old will enrol in over a lifetime given current enrolment rates, excluding pre-school. From 2005, figures include private educational institutions. Education planners monitor long-run schooling participation.
Official description
School Life Expectancy is the number of years of education that a 6 year old child can expect to enrol in over his/her lifetime, given the current enrolment rates. It is calculated by taking the sum of enrolment rates across each single year of age starting at age six. Notes: 1) Figures refer to resident population, i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents and exclude enrolment in pre-school. 2) Figures from 2005 include private educational institutions.
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2000-01-01 – 2020-12-31
- Rows
- 21
- Columns
- 2
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
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| Year | School life expectancy |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.700000 |
| 2001 | 12.600000 |
| 2002 | 12.700000 |
| 2003 | 12.700000 |
| 2004 | 12.600000 |
| 2005 | 13.900000 |
| 2006 | 14.100000 |
| 2007 | 14.200000 |
| 2008 | 14.400000 |
| 2009 | 14.500000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Year (YYYY) | No |
| School life expectancy | Numeric | No |