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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

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/17418

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 7 KB)

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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Males
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Chinese] (Total) Total
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[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Malays] (Total) Total
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[Malays] (Total) Males
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[Malays] (Total) Females
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[Malays] (Single) Total
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Indians] (Total) Total
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Others] (Total) Total
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Total3140436150503116354057757113961123795992031836102190910099281832243220715101714966554803948612380906113553012453756116553047583068971519799765068754731140644248071158371088074089867910400750192152208598986165570642910252854124211128643256224709209132365875261613226471113490512980649583271252245818768410040987275145612321122391288350507833940694244351626158578523733471499322213927823983702028431613302986
No Qualification333821120584213237325151912013395188959841401048209513311944831891721453801183327316210230217086026958161331082515598871769842197743110125673061278542758510399701274527225325517321523217448944128001199513531064229757162260165855088114971993107691782153233498252314074825114637177441044493655308179129301219328194765941630818290
Primary17391280080938321898211799718312237459616627582132645071681911229415870711311636189169271149429350559293444463974704714780308811692799630564940282501272315527298017521228190369110992740701163290621646981466119805050693089261427780453817422821602261934883392491251941521041688286184929215573162928718611174
Lower Secondary258136128526129611315511890312648188486975829090418962423614726191377804113331953039921096093242251456396621431527561567537141003050110491382659817844399751894521030493928642075286691418714482281876820503549112624231814292878855212113178041294469825962171637513411361613749471710843633266159107372179829243294328640185317
Secondary5055642276132779529073146031447003553741642951910792457248651970834886124212246536350216229720120665520313703415025685011852613832416724341213312244098989154209357842930506481725998437416647883014034648463385537786898209248063845818629198296327377725502641113237131742764521224329571094186310025375762681626104158473252393493245277375622246376
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)3418861908271510591049686844236526207348111916954321014825267622194227943114792184991184281000716724643059241871312426834362899745517875668125565239731783437494703396726150172348916515913015521435142644897842711634263731792189851280791636332283019538114608078964247718212794611828158394442152410181759249781958302030344259468125343
Polytechnic Diploma3019631811481208151319708142550545158539947986374117696571112968542685416222833134713881209610860106360021177167054047176148158189975283485404351342290672227524437142851015325548142681128015649107120146673521585136517934839551033293122738262401212427977922605326203371724863029193110983001172812738-816357106
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma217970876681303025163320867307661503506289387457452782637011145930838377166078631111029674051515448250671135594480668754350266928328502218763152342899651346260522961309115638652691132854224314534371016207381107996593911186420471526287926470575101474990322669772635134213115659456258912770312216513152514137377
University10071834885865185983133601295241838366604053466693137366786264741392663297461688681036639357841678827614211472916141350784826907223877651712093307821205768513521407691630624464135435035850825840108821495924032209114635778910543153137522931678170419740849974462640371102641860826261053157450617255642505368942719417641720220901963034910424416556521003
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b8eb9a196cd63a15269889f219050228/view

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