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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8886

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2000.csv (9 rows, 6.7 KB)

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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Males
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[Total] (Total) Females
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[Total] (Single) Total
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[Total] (Single) Males
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[Total] (Single) Females
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[Total] (Married) Total
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[Total] (Married) Males
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[Total] (Married) Females
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[Total] (Widowed) Total
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[Total] (Widowed) Males
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[Total] (Widowed) Females
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Chinese] (Total) Total
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[Chinese] (Total) Males
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[Chinese] (Total) Females
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[Chinese] (Single) Total
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[Chinese] (Single) Males
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[Chinese] (Single) Females
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[Chinese] (Married) Total
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[Chinese] (Married) Males
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[Chinese] (Married) Females
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[Chinese] (Widowed) Total
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[Chinese] (Widowed) Males
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[Chinese] (Widowed) Females
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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] (Single) Males
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[Malays] (Single) Females
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[Malays] (Married) Total
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[Malays] (Married) Males
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[Malays] (Widowed) Males
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Indians] (Total) Total
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[Indians] (Total) Males
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[Indians] (Total) Females
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[Indians] (Single) Total
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[Indians] (Married) Total
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[Indians] (Married) Females
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[Indians] (Widowed) Total
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[Indians] (Widowed) Males
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[Indians] (Widowed) Females
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Others] (Total) Total
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[Others] (Total) Males
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[Others] (Total) Females
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[Others] (Single) Total
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[Others] (Single) Males
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[Others] (Single) Females
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[Others] (Married) Total
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[Others] (Married) Males
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[Others] (Married) Females
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Total22774001117804115959754550430240024310415410697700907709791291012244410665761727228693885817989228802739186494479552452122027431202723599725602998101850175978425346393177382865528570113992014578161149355812556819860998150100459164423051133919501313863631639998444679554312131867112542118471625975587495901613797747251565316128779131651561451882937225121266961811648121818210361107428679
No Qualification445444167765277679467533008616667289623120967168657928681142981439161995283109163632441385852246593862325218134042368869983313705375114919965916126214335828657272200013727156493308234037029144382259112038156510474255669118662277787121406622091430779142956408788753316354696942238704215046716832731291431413288112638531354801961
Primary27654213636914017338707256801302721321510322110999414862370511157975837635995209951104558105393304532061198421618227843083392106982671802769782847413143826217442208256753555212034248169301731821366491487176761111572063695661107023511411940155447515802818273641463915276639212850016282271031241602347125520121180972969
Lower Secondary24859813525111334746019298191620118632199285870366590208345079667406456031844381007258371334761228931186813790473222646824827157932496946303239144207622981190957664467129933185417364144908192795401739666107219551104839068313819971141147947987680782719663179230348925331061147145625719917697131057117298819063127
Secondary5605702742182863521442307696167269391325188872202453931928986420156965486102104181862009032172831098745685053024290045137788152258686922554614113984010738791788472154457322786133149472652643267032594106134471726788871791433542284520509100435952409130971161881478310492378131291469822724232543988152784568250452227281834063277330120210
Upper Secondary22627511934510693077231448413239014202671991700352689929176143291584274517476191190835716036934858255111090135443354580206669413723313120521083038517044133411087864914387187371022985082341131215362113251764195408101522530332192117316278545329498196392132260348715701917759460300254410511494962472883653
Polytechnic14097088281526907138942608287826793544562233735544797510926324601264977891047587643223823126091607373968921048470411599685793898304519131134377262717513812249713144343na7224485086354015462293148980527342017716351916241410108363944439726113565335929455na291414
Other Diploma11237148618637533222411249209747678236231405511009316693235682215359579539921558742821895241869564815294713534481924457519436831260636529693397194976211874244214421006729381053472796846163351174881393559383692224693434918867121224311121130308150158178592486130na301193881
University266631147958118673889514115747794173842104960688811209605604262812351394226049125479100570813353702744308141501868605464198754544222271047118056832774290821718531318342118781543432914481433269861514311843420625471659224651251199541342111318064116791345613351124073150964553711274345103517310964
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response = requests.get(url)
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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 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e30318722105d9b1f12a6c87396f846c/view

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