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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/03/2016

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/8905

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedEconomicStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (9 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Females
Numeric
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total22774001117804115959715765859418016347831482579889482593097940065231941687700816176002524813
No Qualification44544416776527767915594396254596891419738707554898139709179479028950171511217990
Primary27654213636914017315778710642651362144106978084629813681861750631187552994388811
Lower Secondary24859813525111334717533611868556651160567109530510371476991555614732621656656696
Secondary5605702742182863524304032438761865274058382307241751142456613152114141301673034299825
Upper Secondary2262751193451069301834901066647682617549210278272710799938824117427841268130104
Polytechnic1409708828152690130244823334791112508779801452875157253326241072659474779
Other Diploma112371486186375398592450995349394636434915114539571608234913778351910259
University2666311479581186732447891424641023242348801382729660999084193571621842549416348
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7cd3de463383c58671b3855c76f038b9"
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 by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7cd3de463383c58671b3855c76f038b9/view

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Created on

26 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)