Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Duration of Unemployment and Age Group (General Household Survey 2005)

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Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Duration of Unemployment and Age Group (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8820

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyDurationofUnemploymentandAgeGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (6 rows, 623 B)

Number Text	Total Numeric	15 - 19 Years Numeric	20 - 24 Years Numeric	25 - 29 Years Numeric	30 - 34 Years Numeric	35 - 39 Years Numeric	40 - 44 Years Numeric	45 - 49 Years Numeric	50 - 54 Years Numeric	55 Years & Over 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%	(Null)0.0%
Total	97513	3166	11981	12503	10933	11423	12319	12799	10673	11715
Under 5	26575	1269	5123	4415	3171	2929	2895	2753	2050	1969
5 - 9	12061	581	1667	2115	1558	1441	1442	1349	866	1041
10 - 14	10622	445	1468	1320	1238	1475	1328	1202	1266	880
15 - 24	21264	576	2364	2709	2643	2604	2828	2911	2248	2382
25 & Over	26990	295	1360	1944	2323	2973	3825	4584	4243	5443

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
15 - 19 Years	15_19Years	Numeric	Number	-
20 - 24 Years	20_24Years	Numeric	Number	-
25 - 29 Years	25_29Years	Numeric	Number	-
30 - 34 Years	30_34Years	Numeric	Number	-
35 - 39 Years	35_39Years	Numeric	Number	-
40 - 44 Years	40_44Years	Numeric	Number	-
45 - 49 Years	45_49Years	Numeric	Number	-
50 - 54 Years	50_54Years	Numeric	Number	-

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dataset_id = "d_33cb49c6de543534ac2769020eade477"
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 Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Duration of Unemployment and Age Group (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_33cb49c6de543534ac2769020eade477/view

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