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Economy

Research And Development Manpower By Broad Researcher Type And Sex, Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

Data Last Updated: 06/07/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M081311

Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2023

Last updated 4 days ago (11 Sep 2026)

Updated annually

Data explorer

ResearchAndDevelopmentManpowerByBroadResearcherTypeAndSexAnnual.csv (18 rows, 4.2 KB)

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(Null)66.7%
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(Null)72.2%
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Total61693596095551053608532104970149295499645048447867472464498644846431594138440502382553619134522310062882526824251622522020612190071721915419130251138410748
Total Male39735388083614335166351433277732475330043346731858315882996629934287912785827349260332460423755214782005518653nanananananananana
Total Female21958208011936718442180671692416820169601701716009156581502014912143681352613153122221158710767952887708171nanananananananana
Research Scientists & Engineers (RSE)44368433773992238828390823626435389352893497232816319243010529480282962660825744245062267521338189351707415654153661448313817126551130210153834070866629
Male30146298502743626932272752537624744247592471323311228532164421343205311954619047182871705316206144971324012084nanananananananana
Female1422213527124861189611807108881064510530102599505907184618137776570626697621956225132443838343570nanananananananana
Full-Time Postgraduate Research Students (FPGRS)587456025237495049314955536757345862580060125924599057605295460540943761371837054065372332113819nanananananana
Male3763359433723194318931773516376338033703385237103752361833622936262924202464251427502510nanananananananana
Female2111200818651756174217781851197120592097216022142238214219331669146513411254119113151213nanananananananana
Non-Degree Researchers3075274623462337231721102082215423252083242223922536250024813014305730422913261123742154206824982465227520392101176015741231
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_fc61a4a25d7d8d7a50af100b156535fe"
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). Research And Development Manpower By Broad Researcher Type And Sex, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fc61a4a25d7d8d7a50af100b156535fe/view

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Created on

24 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)