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Economy

Unemployed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Main Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

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

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17555

Data explorer

UnemployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedMainActionTakentoLookforWorkandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Internet Sites/Online Advertisements) Total
Numeric
(Internet Sites/Online Advertisements) Males
Numeric
(Internet Sites/Online Advertisements) Females
Numeric
(Advertisement1//Write In) Total
Numeric
(Advertisement1//Write In) Males
Numeric
(Advertisement1//Write In) Females
Numeric
(Asked Friends or Relatives) Total
Numeric
(Asked Friends or Relatives) Males
Numeric
(Asked Friends or Relatives) Females
Numeric
(Employment Services) Total
Numeric
(Employment Services) Males
Numeric
(Employment Services) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
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Total12232862149601805132124516268052628613518127682482213734110881084854105438905249704082
No Qualification6582360629764922512411779992787370020211679317179138294164130
Primary52493050219969232936316058347702362144791520417430386265120
Lower Secondary102075456475020919681123277015921178373420411693686426260926429496
Secondary2125811001102576763309836655029269823315746322525211869856101218511124728
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)171219279784266133543307039551990196436332231140315627767861358739619
Polytechnic Diploma142407333690775033778372427501445130516469227241467650817874538336
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma10685452061655520216433561959869108911595725871159468691889447441
University369861790319083216481038611262644030973343284112761565358318801703247412641210

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Internet Sites/Online Advertisements) TotalInternetSites_OnlineAdvertisements_TotalNumericNumber-
(Internet Sites/Online Advertisements) MalesInternetSites_OnlineAdvertisements_MalesNumericNumber-
(Internet Sites/Online Advertisements) FemalesInternetSites_OnlineAdvertisements_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Advertisement1//Write In) TotalAdvertisement1_WriteIn_TotalNumericNumber-
(Advertisement1//Write In) MalesAdvertisement1_WriteIn_MalesNumericNumber-
(Advertisement1//Write In) FemalesAdvertisement1_WriteIn_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3744792391d1020c2c8b1cff052d6195"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Unemployed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Main Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3744792391d1020c2c8b1cff052d6195/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)