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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Labour Force Status, Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17624

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLabourForceStatusDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivitiesAgeGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (5 rows, 4.5 KB)

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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Below 25 Years
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[Total] (Total) 25 - 44 Years
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[Total] (Total) 45 - 64 Years
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[Total] (Total) 65 Years & Over
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
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[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
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[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
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[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
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[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
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[Males] (Total) Total
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[Males] (Total) Below 25 Years
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[Males] (Total) 25 - 44 Years
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[Males] (Total) 45 - 64 Years
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[Males] (Total) 65 Years & Over
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[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
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[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
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[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
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[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
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[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
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[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
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[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
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[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
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[Females] (Total) Total
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[Females] (Total) Below 25 Years
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[Females] (Total) 25 - 44 Years
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[Females] (Total) 45 - 64 Years
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[Females] (Total) 65 Years & Over
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[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
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[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
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[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
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[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
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[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
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[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
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[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
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[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
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Total3459093458811118282911984526190013364050456673117758411802265495679504421385245182266943516635602353205622135831082829191624106234061559387573950256708394541260282691582621017955342234916206176153443360821739944222613618197606275292858555908782419906843224
Labour Force2343485167644106666892576618340823326261674061064364920324180532108592382304544228751246136890775316435137231116941239762889115303355105721099446375166130931511749109734978567535025412043717141092865784955340304097527058844847299522911126
Employed220835814050510169218779821729502198665140313101485787315117034596931932064483126051178431785625069184878081051431172738784175057234850151035835693145119527931560102992761943510003390174678071025927618955091343881366676240004886920381046
Unemployed1351272713849747477841045813396127093495084717310188116545240611270677051051424725259146551670231049424612255576361682211133581906742216624250222186939076693816600248962161638264842412625380
Outside the Labour Force11156082911671161612726864355941031423289268113220259902369034841851900294212784665594174241462443057069386171225384344145150290526337914676433079109415186007244616981851449248559220330026436964707914411884168196523222270511068061424677842098
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dataset_id = "d_1b6d2d20f476ee52d6086c3e1bab8a86"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Labour Force Status, Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1b6d2d20f476ee52d6086c3e1bab8a86/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)