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Infocomm Manpower by Residential Status, Highest Qualification Attained, Gender, Discipline of Study and Age

Infocomm Manpower by Highest Qualification Attained

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Infocomm Manpower by Highest Qualification Attained

Data from Jan 2001 to Dec 2017

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:30 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

Past years’ data are included for comparison purposes where available. Due to the rounding of figures, the sum of individual figures may not add up to the total or 100%.

Number by Year

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InfocommManpowerbyHighestQualificationAttained.csv (85 rows, 2 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Qualification Text	Number Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2001	a levels and below	19
2001	diploma	29
2001	bachelors and postgraduate diploma	43
2001	masters	7
2001	doctorate	2
2002	a levels and below	18
2002	diploma	25
2002	bachelors and postgraduate diploma	45
2002	masters	11
2002	doctorate	1

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Qualification	qualification	Text	-	-
Number	number	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3697d4e9bd316fdb24dd386fae885451"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2016). Infocomm Manpower by Highest Qualification Attained (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 2, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3697d4e9bd316fdb24dd386fae885451/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

05 Jun 2016

Licence

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

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IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)