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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Highest Academic Qualification Attained 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/8955

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverWithBelowPolytechnicQualificationbyTypeofVocationalQualificationAcquiredHighestAcademicQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (8 rows, 1.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Text
(No Qualification) Males
Text
(No Qualification) Females
Text
(Primary) Total
Text
(Primary) Males
Text
(Primary) Females
Text
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)37.5%
(Null)37.5%
(Null)37.5%
(Null)37.5%
(Null)37.5%
(Null)37.5%
(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%
Total17944678469299475384510771720692790082965301513371451932757891555011202885963812845443118371746908347891212
Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification15601027114898486134454441677652776792765421363691401732419341301381117974611052117552493511350776546369614
Acquired Vocational Qualification2343651354409892556334304132919989149685020338542536384911352767279062486396131801521598
Basic Certificate120400738074659345953449114616060119134147233301769156396214434523276201427162318041
Advanced Certificate7692747651292761038855183392930558738790672520665022129924202971294970925857
Diploma20167787212294nananananana6823693121267349187755681225854227
Advanced Diploma311511831932nananananana936034163461710171388506881
Qualification From Professional Bodies1375649278830nananananana959519440860428075797419416012593
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dataset_id = "d_3d9b2dd4e32e211589639b058ac5a212"
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 With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Highest Academic Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3d9b2dd4e32e211589639b058ac5a212/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)