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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Age Group and Previous Industry (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8825

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoWorkedBeforebyAgeGroupandPreviousIndustryGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (10 rows, 1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Manufacturing
Numeric
Construction
Numeric
Wholesale & Retail Trade
Numeric
Hotels & Restaurants
Numeric
Transport & Storage
Numeric
Information & Communications
Numeric
Financial Services
Numeric
Business Services
Numeric
Community, Social & Personal Services
Numeric
Others*
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%
Total8553915386509117163899768903010461510866119271592
15 - 19162728113363508103263812814126
20 - 24794488311618721246540425570871135764
25 - 29102671596313245270163059868114851625186
30 - 34101321636533220551977762869314231550167
35 - 39108811927667192682094449059116761659180
40 - 441201027119612336127288733661913291285275
45 - 4912457254989925111424116422441113821610283
50 - 541034721118561950121589921855811931127218
55 & Over98741691734154912929466445513791571193
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7dc5c8fb46728b2b34681aaf9cc6fbc2"
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 Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Age Group and Previous Industry (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7dc5c8fb46728b2b34681aaf9cc6fbc2/view

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Created on

24 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)