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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015

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/6558

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 4.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Numeric
(No Qualification) Males
Numeric
(No Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Total
Text
(Lower Secondary) Males
Text
(Lower Secondary) Females
Text
(Secondary) Total
Text
(Secondary) Males
Text
(Secondary) Females
Text
(Upper Secondary) Total
Text
(Upper Secondary) Males
Text
(Upper Secondary) Females
Text
(Polytechnic) Total
Text
(Polytechnic) Males
Text
(Polytechnic) Females
Text
(Other Diploma) Total
Text
(Other Diploma) Males
Text
(Other Diploma) Females
Text
(University) Total
Text
(University) Males
Text
(University) Females
Text
(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)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)20.0%
Total22774001117804115959744544416776527767927654213636914017324859813525111334756057027421828635222627511934510693014097088281526901123714861863753266631147958118673
Not Literate18563842099143538172717361051366121292159946927nananananananananananananananananana
Literate20917631075704101605827272713166014106726362113037513324624859813525111334756057027421828635222627511934510693014097088281526901123714861863753266631147958118673
One Language Only99080550097748982823888611275212613420158596153105433138390738006459021364110710510653767378356343174426281183577925335941610417491710494107329976
Chinese Only57869928369029501019155793491980661535467374179805963835121245170956904582749864274511317414277295315911362564319393704547627142762
English Only331362186563144799115786035554420818117129106323851891413471110017581845183339758224341732423319167616558279341416513769655543835927195
Malay Only623732385738516273191010917210208448272125717651296146906392250038921261011755na18na1819na19
Tamil Only15263642088436800285239475582235732251666672994119652667018126nanananananananana
Non-Official Language Only3108448266016322651367795697263064126534668278245195na5nananananana
Two Languages Only10542345494225048123291618399145176054333366271771071725986147312336036162016174020152270803327193811107367545435287292629779431471812989812683172
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5b95107d4eb5a7823fc760711e7a3e54/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)