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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Occupational Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8920

Last updated 25 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedOccupationalStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (9 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employers) Total
Numeric
(Employers) Males
Numeric
(Employers) Females
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Total
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Males
Numeric
(Own Account Workers) Females
Numeric
(Employees) Total
Numeric
(Employees) Males
Numeric
(Employees) Females
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Total
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) Males
Numeric
(Unpaid Family Workers) 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%
Total148257988948259309785785680431774212124997626236221267965721531546434758022825298
No Qualification141973870755489892787070220821227161345093108947631044584325217671754
Primary144106978084629896467900174619822169122909113059724774058315795191060
Lower Secondary1605671095305103711784985419302184519377246812552579869456561413430983
Secondary405838230724175114239681893250373468628837584934557018253716303316144191195
Upper Secondary17549210278272710977776532124969172552437155673877766789735098252
Polytechnic125087798014528740373465572334925028481176627381043853382414
Other Diploma946364349151145426130751186450227171785858333768548148401426
University234880138272966091303310094294061273893223321569612427591422241014
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ccae23c6c191ebc366e1d809995e62f4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Occupational Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ccae23c6c191ebc366e1d809995e62f4/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)