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Economy

Resident Economically Inactive Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Economic Activity Status and Sex (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/8838

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentEconomicallyInactivePersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupEconomicActivityStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (14 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Homemakers) Total
Numeric
(Homemakers) Males
Numeric
(Homemakers) Females
Numeric
(Retired) Total
Text
(Retired) Males
Text
(Retired) Females
Text
(Students) Total
Text
(Students) Males
Text
(Students) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)42.9%
(Null)42.9%
(Null)50.0%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total102548334748667799832308645253185612700921269061431862693771366401327371629287941483514
15 - 1921586411068010518445713444nanana199745101110986341566295576105
20 - 248072042098386223589263564nanana58112281063000619018139675052
25 - 29294941021919275128215712764nanana865361602493802040014019
30 - 34389543652353022972816629562nanana1397588809782828984931
35 - 39526664053486134339335243041nanana765338428850833635145
40 - 44602485843544054805541147644nanana4382162221175552166539
45 - 49636337706559284679863646163554554na203831201607864339646
50 - 547101511862591534787858647292275227262639261320347852411823
55 - 59849232332461600367819053587627362124981486426131320754990810847
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_80607a90c7fb5aa58df6c3cf707e5362"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Economically Inactive Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Economic Activity Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_80607a90c7fb5aa58df6c3cf707e5362/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)