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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain, Highest Qualification Attained and Age Group (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 05/07/2021

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/17660

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLevelofDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivityinSpecificDomainHighestQualificationAttainedandAgeGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (35 rows, 6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Text
(Total) Below 65 Years
Text
(Total) 65 Years & Over
Text
(Below Secondary) Total
Text
(Below Secondary) Below 65 Years
Text
(Below Secondary) 65 Years & Over
Text
(Secondary) Total
Text
(Secondary) Below 65 Years
Text
(Secondary) 65 Years & Over
Text
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
Text
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Below 65 Years
Text
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) 65 Years & Over
Text
(Diploma2/ and Professional Qualification) Total
Text
(Diploma2/ and Professional Qualification) Below 65 Years
Text
(Diploma2/ and Professional Qualification) 65 Years & Over
Text
(University) Total
Text
(University) Below 65 Years
Text
(University) 65 Years & Over
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
Total314043625214356190017658693839373819325055643907931147713418862941224776451993348768932244100718396489342290
Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/304646324968965495676960753706123254634937903857571080333368082916884512051626748562730640100352396321240311
No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/2717396232865338874352950431722421228043422835033183897304836269829350074855644610062455896326393026233001
Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity1/329067168243160823166570533881131835956235425241363197221860101123070324621608240260329507310
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity1/9397324538694356979413325564691177450376738507824342644366620621604366016801980
Seeing
Without A Lot of Difficulty312113225150166061167525373810403714975029143894221134923409182935824733651867248682131851100609196415141939
No Difficulty29339472420755513192654688353288301401472551370693101858323985281559424255010744720982897698165094311738533
Some Difficulty1871859426192924978492775270097303631872911634169341202349111759814722287624441210343406
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty193046418128851333228981043426501371127996854042812618683931093742351
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_aed3494f1f6f32d240f7965347363c0c"
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 Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain, Highest Qualification Attained and Age Group (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_aed3494f1f6f32d240f7965347363c0c/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)