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Economy

Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Mar 2026, 22:01 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/17548

Data explorer

EmployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total220835811784311029927168294787615780679126664215404011260218978011208377697689893615232837
No Qualification102706540844862285425452224020410403618242215112259225191766881678
Primary83056478483520864795369772781711842776040825244291723281175194981
Lower Secondary1481858674061445114957666384832020787132727515100486116393223927141678
Secondary327638168087159551237012117569119443590413378825253254391393311506614627973349
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)257474156195101279162383943326805165545430232252223987156608326555931792380
Polytechnic Diploma256389157713986761878961157417215544644263881825618704123076397514532761868
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma17224872974992751312235197079252187058518101871656895467022575329392814
University860663434792425871699256347707351549356751510820566846784901135667410542296618088

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3fd640846aea9cdcc1d0322548f7ec80"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3fd640846aea9cdcc1d0322548f7ec80/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)