Singapore Literacy Rate 1980-2025

Singapore literacy rate for 2021 was 97.65%, a 0.52% increase from 2020.
  • Singapore literacy rate for 2020 was 97.13%, a 0.35% decline from 2019.
  • Singapore literacy rate for 2019 was 97.48%, a 0.13% increase from 2018.
  • Singapore literacy rate for 2018 was 97.34%, a 0.14% increase from 2017.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.