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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8953

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (9 rows, 1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Total
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Males
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Females
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Total
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Males
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total227740011178041159597205696910161551040814220431101648118783
No Qualification44544416776527767942890116212526677616543564010903
Primary27654213636914017326032713020513012216214616410051
Lower Secondary2485981352511133472259071268839902422691836714323
Secondary560570274218286352519760258909260851408111530925501
Upper Secondary2262751193451069302038011095039429822473984112632
Polytechnic140970882815269012953381724478081143765564881
Other Diploma112371486186375394184410915309318186752710659
University26663114795811867319455610571588841720754224329832
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_28760a3acc82ead46a4b3b89e057abe2"
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 Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_28760a3acc82ead46a4b3b89e057abe2/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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