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Economy

Resident Economically Inactive Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained 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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8837

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentEconomicallyInactivePersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupHighestQualificationAttainedandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (14 rows, 1.9 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Below Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Below Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Below Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Post-Secondary*) Total
Numeric
(Post-Secondary*) Males
Numeric
(Post-Secondary*) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Text
(University) Males
Text
(University) Females
Text
(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)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
Total756106210846545261499491136084363407128551329759557787773320385573540291974930542
15 - 191611995706549303816741364738143543028569935422157nanana
20 - 242260813993861539491419253146482341230712745990528391266328938
25 - 29208414059167826840128755534843963387951221207391540366013435
30 - 343755730643449312593116611427893991280278299691760877262957431
35 - 395190137154818620542197018572139207141320510160603955772794286851
40 - 445981056275418329709349726212173751145162308171641753045553434212
45 - 496343176235580838029503132998164291443149856121720540128514282423
50 - 54709761183659140485277352411751437322281214556701480418924077751632
55 - 5984898233116158760441141864625514680461610064695829813977282015281291
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b689ed11b559ec47ead45c4a91c63cf7"
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 Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b689ed11b559ec47ead45c4a91c63cf7/view

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Created on

26 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)