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Singapore Residents Aged 25 Years & Over By Highest Qualification Attained, Sex And Age Group, Annual

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 07 Mar 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 03/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 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. For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends). Data for 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 are based on the Census of Population while data for 1995, 2005 and 2015 are based on the General Household Survey. Data for all other years are based on the Comprehensive June Labour Force Survey. Survey estimates are subject to sampling variability.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850581

Data explorer

SingaporeResidentsAged25YearsOverByHighestQualificationAttainedSexAndAgeGroupAnnual.csv (180 rows, 53.7 KB)

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2000
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1999
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1995
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1994
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1993
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1992
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1991
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1990
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(Null)0.0%
25 - 29 Years10.0%
30 - 34 Years10.0%
35 - 39 Years10.0%
40 - 44 Years10.0%
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25 - 29 Years222000238000215400254800268900252300251800242300253000232800231700223700223200230900249400237800228000231800231200235700230000232400233400242800250500251500242200248300240700239900256100255300271400272100281500
30 - 34 Years293200307600305500325600296000273200263800262300268200269900276900274600271700280100289300280200272900288000282000288000281700287200281000278000279500293400290000293000298200292400291000283400292200288300292700
35 - 39 Years311900298300308600310400297800296900303400305700288900300200287900297500302300306900317300312900307900304300298600302800292400308500320100318800310700309900307700303400305800301200291500278300266700259900252600
40 - 44 Years319300313600333100309100298100304500313100320000304000315300305100310300310800302300303500311900314400317600321800319400322400314800313900311700304500300300299600286200278700264400248300248900232100226500203900
45 - 49 Years304300310700343400302000311500323000313200313700301100301500298600315100319200321700319600319000316000324300322600300300303000293800281500267900256800251800252200244500233900211300190400175700155100137700127500
50 - 54 Years313000317800304100260600294200311900316600307800321700319400318300318900313200309600303600298400290000284900276000256800250500243300235100223400204900186100171400154900130900132800142200141900145000136300117500
55 - 59 Years29320031250031070028620030630031610029900028500029950029670029640028020027210026740025280023330022810022970022400020120019030017050015010012100012500013190013210013300012780012170011890011370010830010720099800
60 - 64 Years3070002924002953003025002860002662002748002617002614002482002462002294002197002094001964001821001603001440001308001200001279001324001277001216001107001134001020009910095600972009600095100932008960082800
65 Years & Over781200710100669200627000619000578600541400547500497300467000471500419500394100373700344100347400323700323600321500284300284100280100256100241900231300229000223700207300204600200000182500176100166600161700164100

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_504d991189c4cd84689f7da9abc63a5a"
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. (2023). Singapore Residents Aged 25 Years & Over By Highest Qualification Attained, Sex And Age Group, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_504d991189c4cd84689f7da9abc63a5a/view

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Created on

27 Nov 2023

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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)