Singapore Private Tuition Spending: What HES 2023 Shows
Study guideUpdated 19 Jul 2026
Reviewed by
Marcus Pang·Managing Director (Maths)
What Singapore's official Household Expenditure Survey says about private tuition spending, which household averages can be compared, and which 2026 market claims the data canno...
Q: How much do Singapore households spend on private tuition?
A: The latest official Household Expenditure Survey is HES 2023. It reports average monthly private-tuition spending of S$105 across all resident households. The average was S$389 among married couple-based households with at least one child below 16, including S$235 where the youngest child was six or below and S$548 where the youngest child was seven to 15.
Last reviewed: 19 July 2026 against SingStat's HES 2023 publication, infographic, and 2025 analysis of households with young children.
The official numbers and their denominators
The Department of Statistics conducts the Household Expenditure Survey every five years. The 2023 survey covered household spending over a full year so that seasonal and festive expenditure was represented.
| 2023 household group | Average monthly education spending | Average monthly private-tuition spending |
| All resident households | S$404 | S$105 |
| Married couple-based households with child or children below 16 | S$1,021 | S$389 |
| Same group, youngest child six or below | S$984 | S$235 |
| Same group, youngest child seven to 15 | S$1,058 | S$548 |
These are per-household averages across every household in the stated group, including households that recorded no spending on that item. They are not the average bill among tuition users, and they are not per-child prices.