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

Dataset: Infocomm Manpower by Highest Qualification Attained

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Infocomm Manpower by Highest Qualification Attained

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%.

Data from Jan 2001 to Dec 2017

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Number by Year

Data explorer

InfocommManpowerbyHighestQualificationAttained.csv (85 rows, 2 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Qualification
Text
Number
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2001a levels and below19
2001diploma29
2001bachelors and postgraduate diploma43
2001masters7
2001doctorate2
2002a levels and below18
2002diploma25
2002bachelors and postgraduate diploma45
2002masters11
2002doctorate1
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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 September 9, 2026 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.

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)