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Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Trainees By Level Of WSQ Statement Of Attainment, Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 11 Jul 2025, 23:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SKILLSFUTURE SINGAPORE

Data Last Updated: 27/06/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Prior to Oct 2016, data were from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA). With effect from Oct 2016, data are from the SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). SSG is a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE). It is formed to drive and coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture. In Oct 2016, SSG took over some of the functions performed by WDA and absorbed the Council for Private Education (CPE), which was a statutory board under MOE. The Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) is a national credential system that trains, develops, assesses and certifies skills and competencies for the workforce. Training programmes developed under the WSQ system are based on skills and competencies validated by employers, unions and professional bodies. WSQ emphasizes flexible competency-based adult learning, open access to skills upgrading and clear career progression pathways for workers to upgrade their skills. With the roll-out of the Skills Frameworks in 2016, the WSQ adopted the skills and competencies covered in the Skills Frameworks. Data are based on calendar year and pertain to local WSQ trainees who have attained at least one WSQ Statement of Attainment. Data for each certification level are based on unique headcounts. That is, a trainee with more than one WSQ Statement of Attainment of the same certification level is counted once. A trainee with more than one WSQ Statement of Attainment at different certification levels is counted once in each certification level. Data for 2023 is unavailable due to ongoing review and adjustments to the WSQ qualification framework. The transition is expected to be completed by 2024/25 and full reporting will resume in 2025/26. Data for 2023 and 2024 are unavailable due to changes in the WSQ credentialing framework and adjustments to the Skills Framework proficiency levels. The transition to the Skills Framework with new proficiency levels is expected to commence in 2026 and data for 2026 will be available in 2027.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M183101

Data explorer

SingaporeWorkforceSkillsQualificationsWSQTraineesByLevelOfWSQStatementOfAttainmentAnnual.csv (8 rows, 1.1 KB)

Data Series
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2024
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2023
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)87.5%
38217512.5%
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31022112.5%
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Number Of WSQ Trainees382175310221288646310764262905322843327996310491289699267655267423231009198322192249
Certificatenana166106175173128567179164226721220810203627190680188700164867155148147901
Higher Certificatenana52279605878762083413268561747815743134571072811146729411678
Advanced Certificatenana759249558571382702697178261907600415072755944456993162848433
Diplomanana469696061447047494835279646436419183588736117328731977123363
Specialist Diplomanana100941173211966121171466410986951479028790760457605417
Graduate Certificatenana10242667947745944885804837567847511029
Graduate Diplomanana11664816734066531007980847738550393390

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_711ea9c032baf00470246b09499b65c9"
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). Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Trainees By Level Of WSQ Statement Of Attainment, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 21, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_711ea9c032baf00470246b09499b65c9/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)