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Economy

Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Economic Activity/Occupational Status, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8913

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

PersonsAged15YearsandOverbyEconomicActivityOccupationalStatusHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (14 rows, 3.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(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
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
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Text
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Numeric
(University) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
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(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)7.1%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
Total29587321509527144920559079426773532305938882720358518524236433720089316344369490833487836003026672913373313299614675791706550511416136551476099364768211483153285
Economically Active2192278132428186799728729419432192972262917172337905802859621835011024625542163027012515142154171198699554813470285577491261239316157162361327839204404123434
Working209481412708098240042732171850818813524913116368285450270884174156967285292852893982398872071731158899128512939682968464281196805989459786316047199741116306
Employers89313708801843393417113222897147952176211926997119552436919259511010258802722314129354758246033329127314973116813292
Own Account Workers12181697856239602126516172509319831169122919218661938624813477628881589497667297246933492502848454227341808642039722448
Employees187606410997847762802400621610227904021800713829879709235671144369913024685262408382276881867991004668633312188076895449851104965381756679294624184079110545
Unpaid Family Workers762122895332254977517741579519106014204309901614419119535098252382414401426311021
Unemployed9746453472439921407792404837137858655513015078934457342493113304116278244398142635306260826974252167625751179146637128
Previously Worked901695081039359136229041458213345849648491418290535129233951274510650753537223813444923212128398516012383965738315825
Never Previously Worked72952662463345519925644015928189729260515365599777092594518572885692677519221358321303
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_68a094c66ce2ac90a892374447893562"
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). Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Economic Activity/Occupational Status, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_68a094c66ce2ac90a892374447893562/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)