Singapore
Learning-adjusted schooling in Singapore
Learning-adjusted schooling in Singapore: 12.5 years in 2010 and 12.8 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 12.8 years
- Since 2010
- +0.4 years
- Rank, 2020
- 1 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 12.9 years in 2018, the lowest 12.5 years in 2010.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Singapore |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 12.8 |
| 2018 | 12.9 |
| 2017 | 12.9 |
| 2010 | 12.5 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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- Military spending3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spending18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel59,000 people in 2020
- National power0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports79 million TIV in 2025