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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Highest Academic Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8690

Last updated 21 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverWithBelowPolytechnicQualificationbyTypeofVocationalQualificationAcquiredHighestAcademicQualificationAttainedandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (6 rows, 1.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Text
(No Qualification) Males
Text
(No Qualification) Females
Text
(Primary) Total
Text
(Primary) Males
Text
(Primary) Females
Text
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(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%
Total17728178298799429384157261532422624842929051467151461903212581754931457656019052886963132101410226573375289
Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification15301806808938492864098711495762602952711361311561399802759911428151331764538512013802524701193315596663365
Acquired Vocational Qualification2426371489869365158563667218921769155596210452673267812589148055873156073921691976711924
Basic Certificate8658458668279155306328720181577710818495926053190696984362712390912362317715861592
Advanced Certificate1337698190051869550379171599247421251180771304550329767157943397281147957915688
Diploma/Advanced Diploma*22284841813867nananananana11375645731411354638650703423904644
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5cff49f6bb923419917c1231026621bf"
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). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Highest Academic Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5cff49f6bb923419917c1231026621bf/view

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)