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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Hours Worked and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude national servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8782

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedNumberofHoursWorkedandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (9 rows, 2.7 KB)

Number
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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
Numeric
(Below 30 Hours) Total
Numeric
(Below 30 Hours) Males
Numeric
(Below 30 Hours) Females
Numeric
(30 - 34 Hours) Total
Numeric
(30 - 34 Hours) Males
Numeric
(30 - 34 Hours) Females
Numeric
(35 - 39 Hours) Total
Numeric
(35 - 39 Hours) Males
Numeric
(35 - 39 Hours) Females
Numeric
(40 - 44 Hours) Total
Numeric
(40 - 44 Hours) Males
Numeric
(40 - 44 Hours) Females
Numeric
(45 - 49 Hours) Total
Numeric
(45 - 49 Hours) Males
Numeric
(45 - 49 Hours) Females
Numeric
(50 - 54 Hours) Total
Numeric
(50 - 54 Hours) Males
Numeric
(50 - 54 Hours) Females
Numeric
(55 - 59 Hours) Total
Numeric
(55 - 59 Hours) Males
Numeric
(55 - 59 Hours) Females
Numeric
(60 - 64 Hours) Total
Numeric
(60 - 64 Hours) Males
Numeric
(60 - 64 Hours) Females
Numeric
(65 Hours & Over) Total
Numeric
(65 Hours & Over) Males
Numeric
(65 Hours & Over) Females
Numeric
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Total161264792504268760575176300994507735383154191996434179152681891156477228755327721932445518161514284019829412210376190758984932626572138066944304363716642412922937194
No Qualification11449867982465151100048096191552828842644442821392289275511553712014226481323694121088871473741606138212239101516533361816243118754368
Primary140259900275023295664420514648452427241841721662250935787217451404229488176841180414697104734225682248032018132589850340821624169624661
Lower Secondary167899108275596241016648665300480322842520394117482193455272612119405360582197214086168051141053947630561120191672712199452726242220634179
Secondary374848205038169809172636292109718189336048288012333746751366836265574028779614139736564387452296715778156671005356142910520219888643223347588465
Upper Secondary18213210306879064833130545276350313932110409317322361718233604135782371982103816160191811177974027513482026941482110627419415669125853084
Polytechnic1668429612970713401015602450230279415083147167414737226837529347393486619738151282167913910776865404502203711114801930951091684012515
Other Diploma976344306854566403511792856171054511651725730995409481486426084192908632106581218162095972435024401910708741212966630743461961
University368536211456157081108053917688745031732277246602244241613418573061611246694537917290286411838208259102131513275804035805228621294326201182397962
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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Hours Worked and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 16, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a37289c6826217bd676c37a3a8d18bb2/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)