Enrolment In Government And Government-Aided Primary Schools By Level, Sex And Age, Annual

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EnrolmentInGovernmentAndGovernmentAidedPrimarySchoolsByLevelSexAndAgeAnnual.csv (54 rows, 16.4 KB)

Data Series Text	2025 Text	2024 Text	2023 Text	2022 Text	2021 Text	2020 Text	2019 Text	2018 Text	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text	1997 Text	1996 Text	1995 Text	1994 Text	1993 Text	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)11.1%	(Null)5.6%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total Enrolment In Schools	235488	237966	237762	235116	233882	232650	235039	234414	235754	238140	239102	241683	244045	252735	258293	263906	272254	279272	285048	284600	290261	296419	299939	302501	302566	305705	299959	288228	280314	269432	261553	251005	261402	262465	260109	257757	257690	259117	261399
Males	120077	121450	121388	120094	119546	119057	120300	119941	120680	121982	122494	123980	125423	130281	133482	136369	140928	144866	148039	147638	150334	153483	155233	156475	156608	158298	155440	149710	145920	140643	136584	131529	137683	137891	136900	135573	135429	136209	137483
Females	115411	116516	116374	115022	114336	113593	114739	114473	115074	116158	116608	117703	118622	122454	124811	127537	131326	134406	137009	136962	139927	142936	144706	146026	145958	147407	144519	138518	134394	128789	124969	119476	123719	124574	123209	122184	122261	122908	123916
Primary 1	37377	37785	39372	39844	40218	37363	40324	37671	36885	38904	40063	40927	40168	39582	39295	39595	42489	42880	47964	43914	43492	47256	49044	49006	49774	50204	49832	49854	51679	48070	53117	43684	38055	41622	40485	39317	41396	41147	40218
Males	19012	19240	20140	20327	20411	19136	20708	19279	18949	19927	20430	20965	20602	20282	20304	20321	21830	22202	24946	22898	22483	24478	25487	25439	25702	25989	25698	25684	26779	25022	27513	22650	19839	21687	21237	20514	21685	21409	20911
Females	18365	18545	19232	19517	19807	18227	19616	18392	17936	18977	19633	19962	19566	19300	18991	19274	20659	20678	23018	21016	21009	22778	23557	23567	24072	24215	24134	24170	24900	23048	25604	21034	18216	19935	19248	18803	19711	19738	19307
Primary 2	38089	39621	40096	40592	37779	40755	37888	37092	38997	40077	40774	40179	39407	39258	39492	42405	42765	47994	44370	43652	47348	48905	49027	49799	50248	49844	49941	51830	48315	53418	43847	38319	41736	40672	39546	41582	41187	40285	40161
Males	19388	20264	20450	20621	19351	20916	19372	19038	19946	20435	20862	20600	20175	20264	20240	21770	22103	24972	23120	22572	24500	25391	25452	25729	25972	25700	25741	26854	25165	27668	22752	20004	21758	21347	20639	21793	21432	20977	20976
Females	18701	19357	19646	19971	18428	19839	18516	18054	19051	19642	19912	19579	19232	18994	19252	20635	20662	23022	21250	21080	22848	23514	23575	24070	24276	24144	24200	24976	23150	25750	21095	18315	19978	19325	18907	19789	19755	19308	19185
Primary 3	39988	40360	40743	37957	41037	38019	37128	39173	40135	40733	40199	39440	39273	39610	42542	43022	48218	45019	44502	47697	49070	49035	49933	50383	49925	50019	52146	48549	53699	44070	38577	42030	40878	39790	41777	41254	40256	40061	39344

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2025	2025	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Text	Number	-
2023	2023	Text	Number	-
2022	2022	Text	Number	-
2021	2021	Text	Number	-
2020	2020	Text	Number	-
2019	2019	Text	Number	-
2018	2018	Text	Number	-
2017	2017	Text	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_46914b1374175b074d7d9c26d53e969c"
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). Enrolment In Government And Government-Aided Primary Schools By Level, Sex And Age, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_46914b1374175b074d7d9c26d53e969c/view

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