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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Duration of Unemployment and Previous Industry (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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8828

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoWorkedBeforebyDurationofUnemploymentandPreviousIndustryGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (6 rows, 748 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Manufacturing
Numeric
Construction
Numeric
Wholesale & Retail Trade
Numeric
Hotels & Restaurants
Numeric
Transport & Storage
Numeric
Information & Communications
Numeric
Financial Services
Numeric
Business Services
Numeric
Community, Social & Personal Services
Numeric
Others*
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%
Total8553915386509117163899768903010461510866119271592
Under 52304137421182493127741670828105632573241362
5 - 91056617864052233123094832248214791540142
10 - 14926915875341680117873939145511351326244
15 - 241851033851359346518641451720114823002500317
25 & Over2415348861612485519512083749147426953320528
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d64e9401b407cf4f0e6d95e72017ff2a"
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 Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Duration of Unemployment and Previous Industry (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d64e9401b407cf4f0e6d95e72017ff2a/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)