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Proportion Of Students Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency In Reading And Mathematics By Level And Sex, Annual

Data from Jan 1995 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 10 Aug 2025, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY (PIRLS), PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT (PISA) AND TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDY (TIMSS)

Data Last Updated: 30/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends). Literacy rates will be available at 5-yearly intervals from the Census of Population and General Household Survey after 2021. Data are used for SDG 4.6.1 'Youth/adult literacy rate'. Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 4.6.1.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850671

Data explorer

ProportionOfStudentsAchievingAtLeastAMinimumProficiencyInReadingAndMathematicsByLevelAndSexAnnual.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Data Series
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1995
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)75.0%
(Null)50.0%
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(Null)50.0%
(Null)75.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)75.0%
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(Null)75.0%
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(Null)25.0%
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(Null)75.0%
Proportion Of Students In Primary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Readingnananananananananana96.6697.2596.7996.6590.21
Malenananananananananana95.4696.495.7595.5487.55
Femalenananananananananana97.9398.1697.997.9893.07
Proportion Of Students In Secondary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Readingnanananana88.8388.7588.8590.1387.52nanananana
Malenanananana86.3285.7786.3486.5883.83nanananana
Femalenanananana91.4491.8691.5393.8491.34nanananana
Proportion Of Students In Primary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Mathematicsna95.5191.7591.284.98nana93.39nananana93.87nana
Malena95.0790.3889.8183.41nana92.73nananana92.94nana
Femalena95.9893.2292.6586.74nana94.1nananana94.85nana
Proportion Of Students In Secondary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Mathematics93.8791.8288.1792.8595.3491.98na93.55nananana92.48nana

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b0081aa4969f1d463a4952f68dc0f1b4"
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). Proportion Of Students Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency In Reading And Mathematics By Level And Sex, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b0081aa4969f1d463a4952f68dc0f1b4/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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