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Economy

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

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 14 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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

Data explorer

NumberOfTeachersByLevelSchoolTypeAndSexAnnual.csv (36 rows, 5.7 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
Primary15273156371585316076160421585715787155371535714914146831478814309139031369313864130231289712597123431220912025
Government112451147811631117901179911629115591133911161107401054110553102199936989210066943492849080895988848757
Male2290232723422359236423392316228122502123206920571976192518801866174016951634161015921610
Female8955915192899431943592909243905889118617847284968243801180128200769475897446734972927147
Government-Aided4028415942224286424342284228419841964174414242354090396738013798358936133517338433253268
Male698705710714723719724705690677664685644626582593578552520490466464
Female3330345435123572352035093504349335063497347835503446334132193205301130612997289428592804
Secondary12353126211305413417136691384814241147781509615207152081499314574140431333213214121431189211672114951124010830
Autonomousnanananananananananananananananana21542042190518601676
Malenanananananananananananananananana650581539534509

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_25f4eb0f500c5abbd14c5b91c1a1e0bf"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Teachers By Level, School Type And Sex, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 2, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_25f4eb0f500c5abbd14c5b91c1a1e0bf/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)