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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8664

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedActionTakentoLookforWorkandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employment Service) Total
Numeric
(Employment Service) Males
Numeric
(Employment Service) Females
Numeric
(Advertisement/Write In) Total
Numeric
(Advertisement/Write In) Males
Numeric
(Advertisement/Write In) Females
Numeric
(Asked Friends Or Relatives) Total
Numeric
(Asked Friends Or Relatives) Males
Numeric
(Asked Friends Or Relatives) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
Total83672442923938076263834379226466142321223517161103916770324191583516583
No Qualification66994059264035819116718621095767375823681390721405316
Primary491231801732344245991789108770220701378692709470239
Lower Secondary8951517037827434113333431201614162972175412191804989815
Secondary180899248884218147261088665134243227389722791617572828182910
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)1173064745256157174982236982107159217631161601469824572241
Polytechnic866144224239755395360224911871062869513356478823272461
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma5264234029255162542621445650795574273300273011631567
University1936694009966152586366253412667267512586645941124152066035
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bd6978f4c35efab26d8fa343b6131479"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bd6978f4c35efab26d8fa343b6131479/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)