Proportion Of Youth And Adults With Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Skills By Sex, Age Group And Type Of Skills, Annual

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Proportion Of Youth And Adults With Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Skills By Sex, Age Group And Type Of Skills, Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: INFO-COMMUNCATIONS MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Data Last Updated: 06/07/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data for 2016 to 2020 are based on Singapore residents (i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents) aged 15 and above. Data from 2021 onwards are based on Singapore residents (i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents) aged 16 to 74 years old. Data are collected on a yearly basis based on the corresponding skills, according to Sustainable Development Goals' Indicator Metadata. Data are used for SDG 4.4.1 'Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill'. Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 4.4.1.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850851

Data from Jan 2016 to Dec 2025

Last updated 17 days ago (14 Aug 2026)

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ProportionOfYouthAndAdultsWithInformationAndCommunicationsTechnologyICTSkillsBySexAgeGroupAndTypeOfSkillsAnnual.csv (28 rows, 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
(Null)0.0%	(Null)7.1%	(Null)3.6%	(Null)3.6%	(Null)3.6%	(Null)10.7%	(Null)21.4%	(Null)25.0%	(Null)25.0%	(Null)25.0%	(Null)28.6%
Total	99	97.2	95.2	97.6	94.4	89.8	86.2	83.4	79.9	72.8
Males	99.1	97.7	95.5	98.4	95.3	90.8	87.8	84.3	81.2	74.3
Females	98.9	96.7	95	96.9	93.7	88.9	84.7	82.5	78.7	71.3
15 - 24 Years	na	na	na	na	na	100	97.1	96.3	94.1	91
16 - 24 Years	100	100	99.8	99.6	99.7	na	na	na	na	na
25 - 64 Years	99.6	99.3	98	99	97.1	95.8	94.5	90.7	87.3	78.9
25 - 74 Years	98.9	96.8	94.6	97.4	93.6	91.8	88.9	84.6	81.6	72.5
Skill - Using Basic Arithmetic Formula In A Spreadsheet	55.2	42.6	41.3	36.1	41.2	44.6	45	44	39.1	31.1
Skill - Using Copy And Paste Tools To Duplicate Or Move Data, Information And Content In Digital Environments (e.g. Within A Document, Between Devices, On The Cloud)	58.7	60.3	57.2	54.3	na	na	na	na	na	na
Skill - Reading Or Downloading Newspapers, Magazines Or Electronic Books In A Digital Format	71.1	67.2	51.8	46.8	70.1	59.6	54.6	52.5	52.2	45.6

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Proportion Of Youth And Adults With Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Skills By Sex, Age Group And Type Of Skills, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bad9f992db81e11caacc87a44ef85191/view

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