Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Singapore
Singapore: Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher was 35.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Singapore, 2002–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 35.1% for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in 2022.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Singapore peaked at 35.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 2002.
Singapore ranks 83rd of 95 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 26.4% | — |
| 2003 | 27.4% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 28.1% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 28.9% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 30.0% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 30.4% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 31.2% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 32.2% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 32.5% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 32.4% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 32.2% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 32.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 32.9% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 33.4% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 34.1% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 34.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 34.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 35.3% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 35.1% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.3% | 26.4% | 31.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 32.2% | 34.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.0% | 34.5% | 35.3% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Singapore?
- Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Singapore was 35.1% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 35.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 2002.
- How does Singapore rank for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher?
- Singapore ranks 83rd out of 95 countries with data for 2022.
- Is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release