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

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

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

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

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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%
Total218259911669481015651166461786800779661026236015202311033718734311112576218682793579432486
No Qualification102706540844862285425452224020410403618242215112259225191766881678
Primary82782477293505364590368882770211792773040625225291723081175194981
Lower Secondary1480218661361408114863665804828320745132297515100486116393223666881678
Secondary319177163830155347231557114843116714570473273924308246961364311053587726053272
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)24830215243995863155535915776395964207424222178623195153217874536431202244
Polytechnic Diploma251041155380956611837131138786983544141261801796118199121056094498832171771
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma17114372600985441304775171778761185378469100681639494836911573529312804
University859426434272425154698455347302351153354881507220417844744894735527410082295118057
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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())

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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 September 9, 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)