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Economy

Total Number Of Places And Enrolment For Childcare, Annual

Data from Jan 2013 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 09 Mar 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: In general, annual data reported are presented as at October each year. Some childcare centres provide both infant care and childcare services for children aged 2 months to 6 years within the same centre.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890711

Data explorer

TotalNumberOfPlacesAndEnrolmentForChildcareAnnual.csv (2 rows, 377 B)

Data Series
Text
2024
Numeric
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
Numeric
2019
Numeric
2018
Numeric
2017
Numeric
2016
Numeric
2015
Numeric
2014
Numeric
2013
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total Enrolment In Childcare154173152634145999138966130062124549118296109542101905916018042286124
Total Number Of Places In Childcare20084719497218441517893917093216623515695013935912820711706510406696340

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextNumber-
20242024NumericNumber-
20232023NumericNumber-
20222022NumericNumber-
20212021NumericNumber-
20202020NumericNumber-
20192019NumericNumber-
20182018NumericNumber-
20172017NumericNumber-
20162016NumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_734ca14d3ac601a577189326af1b688a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Total Number Of Places And Enrolment For Childcare, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_734ca14d3ac601a577189326af1b688a/view

About this dataset

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)