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Economy

Resident Employed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Industry and Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17626

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentEmployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyIndustryandDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivitiesCensusofPopulation2020.csv (17 rows, 980 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity
Numeric
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total220835821986659693
Manufacturing2206132195211092
Construction9113290773360
Services187608318680028081
Wholesale & Retail Trade3280103265401469
Transportation & Storage210873210028844
Accommodation & Food Services1333151322381078
Information & Communications108248108080168
Financial & Insurance Services203220202757463
Real Estate Services5375453446308
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_dc223f89fe3be8300078c997f3239ead"
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 Employed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Industry and Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_dc223f89fe3be8300078c997f3239ead/view

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Created on

22 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)