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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 17/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17468

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedLabourForceStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Total
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Males
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) 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%
Total3140436150503116354052304927122909610758312182599116694810156511223286214960180835509275935559574
No Qualification3338211205842132371092885769051598102706540844862265823606297622453362894161639
Primary1739128008093832880325077937252827824772935053524930502199858802930156580
Lower Secondary258136128526129611158228920706615814802186613614081020754564750999083645663452
Secondary50556422761327795234043517483116560331917716383015534721258110011025716512952781112348
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)341886190827151059265423161718103705248302152439958631712192797842764632910947355
Polytechnic Diploma301963181148120815265282162714102568251041155380956611424073336907366811843418247
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma217970876681303021818287711910470917114372600985441068545206165361421054925593
University10071834885865185988964124521754442378594264342724251543698617903190831107713641074361
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ab4db5f070516a8c2debb15876837f72"
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, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ab4db5f070516a8c2debb15876837f72/view

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Created on

22 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)