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Economy

Resident Economically Inactive Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Activity Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8668

Last updated 28 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentEconomicallyInactivePersonsAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedEconomicActivityStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 1.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Housework/Childcare/Caregiving To Others) Total
Numeric
(Housework/Childcare/Caregiving To Others) Males
Numeric
(Housework/Childcare/Caregiving To Others) Females
Numeric
(Retired/Too Old To Work) Total
Numeric
(Retired/Too Old To Work) Males
Numeric
(Retired/Too Old To Work) Females
Numeric
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total815530238305577224328876511432376229257313931715325719408193875100206
No Qualification28648178340208141829691246817231507215496695755527912212830663
Primary88203263926181141196582406142922116762124591778790488739
Lower Secondary10360430897727075004977849271307281834112387228271177911049
Secondary143432392181042147032391369410380442112316921350661718317883
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)5998621986380002307858622492153509251609921558121489410
Polytechnic27985132821470387962638533430734039041488296165266
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma265377680188581105419210862848846783809699628094186
University79302205115879041412555408571571610793492322174916413011
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_90a2ee2e511e605f5f40e980bdfb7663"
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 Economically Inactive Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Activity Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_90a2ee2e511e605f5f40e980bdfb7663/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)