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Economy

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

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 14 Jul 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Data Last Updated: 06/12/2024

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, 5.5 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
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(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
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(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
Primary156371585316076160421585715787155371535714914146831478814309139031369313864130231289712597123431220912025
Government1147811631117901179911629115591133911161107401054110553102199936989210066943492849080895988848757
Male232723422359236423392316228122502123206920571976192518801866174016951634161015921610
Female915192899431943592909243905889118617847284968243801180128200769475897446734972927147
Government-Aided415942224286424342284228419841964174414242354090396738013798358936133517338433253268
Male705710714723719724705690677664685644626582593578552520490466464
Female345435123572352035093504349335063497347835503446334132193205301130612997289428592804
Secondary126211305413417136691384814241147781509615207152081499314574140431333213214121431189211672114951124010830
Autonomousnananananananananananananananana21542042190518601676
Malenananananananananananananananana650581539534509

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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 (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 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)