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Economy

Total Residents Labour Force Aged 15 Years And Over By Age And Highest Qualification Attained (HQA), End June, Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Data Last Updated: 24/09/2021

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data are as at June of the corresponding years.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M183661

Data from Jan 2018 to Dec 2020

Last updated 4 months ago (12 May 2026)

Data explorer

TotalResidentsLabourForceAged15YearsAndOverByAgeAndHighestQualificationAttainedHQAEndJuneAnnual.csv (78 rows, 3.5 KB)

Data Series
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2020
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2019
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2018
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)1.3%
(Null)1.3%
(Null)1.3%
Total2345.52328.52292.7
Below Secondary334.8352.0365.0
Secondary360.8373.3375.9
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)269.3261.8264.3
Diploma & Professional Qualification464.3468.7446.7
Degree916.3872.7841.0
15-19 Years30.136.337.7
Below Secondary1.71.61.6
Secondary11.613.413.8
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)14.317.018.1
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_55f2ab3382d80b642c4533afaae581ea"
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). Total Residents Labour Force Aged 15 Years And Over By Age And Highest Qualification Attained (HQA), End June, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_55f2ab3382d80b642c4533afaae581ea/view

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Created on

24 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)