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

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: 27/10/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data are used for SDG 4.1.1 ‘Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex’. Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 4.1.1.

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

Data from Jan 1995 to Dec 2023

Last updated 4 days ago (11 Sep 2026)

Updated annually

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ProportionOfStudentsAchievingAtLeastAMinimumProficiencyInReadingAndMathematicsByLevelAndSexAnnual.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

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(Null)75.0%
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Proportion Of Students In Primary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Readingnanananananananananana96.6697.2596.7996.6590.21
Malenanananananananananana95.4696.495.7595.5487.55
Femalenanananananananananana97.9398.1697.997.9893.07
Proportion Of Students In Secondary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Readingnananananana88.8388.7588.8590.1387.52nanananana
Malenananananana86.3285.7786.3486.5883.83nanananana
Femalenananananana91.4491.8691.5393.8491.34nanananana
Proportion Of Students In Primary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Mathematicsna92.6995.5191.7591.284.98nana93.39nananana93.87nana
Malena93.0995.0790.3889.8183.41nana92.73nananana92.94nana
Femalena92.3195.9893.2292.6586.74nana94.1nananana94.85nana
Proportion Of Students In Secondary Education Achieving At Least A Minimum Proficiency Level In Mathematics93.8789.3491.8288.1792.8595.34nana93.55nananana92.48nana
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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 (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b0081aa4969f1d463a4952f68dc0f1b4/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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