Government Recurrent Operating Expenditure On Education Per Student, Annual

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GovernmentRecurrentOperatingExpenditureOnEducationPerStudentAnnual.csv (6 rows, 2.3 KB)

Data Series Text	2026 Numeric	2025 Numeric	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric
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Primary Schools	16038	14483	13953	13425	13255	12472	11310	11526	11835	11338	10596	10081	9123	8549	7396	6712	6624	5537	5397	5026	4243	3820	3575	3508	3535	3363	3137	2612	2808	2960	2837	2653	2523	2254	2061	2062	2013	1892	1692	1474	1404
Secondary Schools	20580	18603	17445	16683	16604	15928	14456	15076	14973	14527	13869	13213	12261	11434	9940	9022	9008	7736	7551	7230	6246	5793	5746	5437	5614	5304	5104	4409	4472	4469	4152	3680	3488	3412	3129	3004	2843	2574	2364	2042	1931
Junior Colleges	20588	18611	18199	17713	17251	16457	15448	15592	16760	17440	16602	15326	14379	13942	12806	11830	12331	10772	11094	12386	10161	9445	8850	8791	8497	7879	7304	6325	6346	7052	6726	6363	5832	5178	4780	4574	3956	3332	2858	2643	2606
Full-Time Nitec/ Higher Nitec Courses	16595	16294	17009	15623	15642	15253	14069	14282	14758	14582	13968	13619	12650	12491	11837	11898	11839	10129	11106	10543	10209	9249	9399	8367	8056	7829	8076	6452	7020	10586	11646	9547	7511	5212	6201	5180	4883	4262	3802	3631	3924
Publicly-Funded Full-Time Diploma Courses	18971	19108	19082	18123	17596	17379	15882	16070	16375	16561	15934	16118	15681	15304	14487	14687	14552	12598	13479	12482	11903	10843	10695	10197	9793	9668	9546	8032	8144	9018	8406	7776	7584	6990	6142	6051	5916	5755	4803	4219	4143
Publicly-Funded Full-Time Degree Courses	21610	21929	22002	21504	21574	21430	21619	22022	22186	21624	21757	21988	22181	21870	20777	20505	20630	18868	19664	19011	18472	17793	17609	17477	14287	15262	15384	14112	12580	15125	15037	17241	16355	15450	15422	14868	13615	13965	14248	11993	11874

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Dollars	-
2026	2026	Numeric	Dollars	-
2025	2025	Numeric	Dollars	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Dollars	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Dollars	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Dollars	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Dollars	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Dollars	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Dollars	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Dollars	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0102d02cb67c375167f2f6e6034b6afb"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Government Recurrent Operating Expenditure On Education Per Student, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 7, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0102d02cb67c375167f2f6e6034b6afb/view

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GovernmentRecurrentOperatingExpenditureOnEducationPerStudentAnnual.csv (6 rows, 2.3 KB)

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