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

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SKILLSFUTURE SINGAPORE

Data Last Updated: 06/07/2026

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, 2024 and 2025 are unavailable due to changes in the WSQ credentialing framework and adjustments to the Skills Framework proficiency levels. The transition of WSQ courses to the Skills Framework with new proficiency levels is expected to commence in 2027, and data for 2027 will be available in 2028.

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

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2025

Last updated 3 days ago (12 Sep 2026)

Updated annually

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SingaporeWorkforceSkillsQualificationsWSQTraineesByLevelOfWSQStatementOfAttainmentAnnual.csv (8 rows, 1.1 KB)

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(Null)87.5%
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Number Of WSQ Trainees417850382175310221288646310764262905322843327996310491289699267655267423231009198322192249
Certificatenanana166106175173128567179164226721220810203627190680188700164867155148147901
Higher Certificatenanana52279605878762083413268561747815743134571072811146729411678
Advanced Certificatenanana759249558571382702697178261907600415072755944456993162848433
Diplomananana469696061447047494835279646436419183588736117328731977123363
Specialist Diplomananana100941173211966121171466410986951479028790760457605417
Graduate Certificatenanana10242667947745944885804837567847511029
Graduate Diplomananana11664816734066531007980847738550393390
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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 (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_711ea9c032baf00470246b09499b65c9/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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