Education Profile Of Singapore Residents Aged 25 Years & Over By Selected Highest Qualification Attained (HQA) (%), Annual
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 6 records. Fields include Data Series, 2024, 2023, 2022 (26 columns in total). Covers 2000-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Last updated 2025-02-03.
Description
Annual percentage education profile of Singapore residents aged 25 years and over by selected highest qualification attained from 2000 through 2024. Combines Census, General Household Survey, and Comprehensive June Labour Force Survey years; tertiary covers diploma, professional, and university qualifications. Education and labour analysts track upskilling of the adult resident population. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M850701.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 03/02/2025 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Data pertain to residents (i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents) who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were not upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses. For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publication-resources/population-trends-2025). Data for 2000, 2010 and 2020 are based on the Census of Population while data for 2005 and 2015 are based on the General Household Survey. Data for all other years are based on the Comprehensive June Labour Force Survey. Survey estimates are subject to sampling variability. Tertiary refers to diploma, professional and university qualifications. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850701
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2000-01-01 – 2024-12-31
- Rows
- 6
- Columns
- 26
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Data Series | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Qualification/Lower Primary | 10.000000 | 10.500000 | 10.300000 | 9.800000 | 11.200000 | 11.500000 | 12.100000 | 14.000000 | 13.900000 | 13.300000 | 14.800000 |
| Primary | 4.500000 | 4.800000 | 4.500000 | 5.400000 | 5.800000 | 6.300000 | 6.500000 | 6.000000 | 6.500000 | 7.300000 | 6.600000 |
| Lower Secondary | 5.900000 | 6.100000 | 6.200000 | 6.400000 | 8.500000 | 7.700000 | 7.900000 | 8.600000 | 8.900000 | 8.400000 | 9.000000 |
| Secondary | 15.300000 | 15.500000 | 16.000000 | 16.500000 | 16.300000 | 17.200000 | 17.800000 | 17.200000 | 17.900000 | 18.900000 | 18.400000 |
| Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | 10.300000 | 10.000000 | 10.000000 | 9.400000 | 10.000000 | 9.100000 | 9.100000 | 8.900000 | 8.900000 | 9.100000 | 8.700000 |
| Tertiary | 54.100000 | 53.200000 | 53.100000 | 52.400000 | 48.300000 | 48.200000 | 46.700000 | 45.300000 | 43.800000 | 42.900000 | 42.400000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 2024 | Numeric | No |
| 2023 | Numeric | No |
| 2022 | Numeric | No |
| 2021 | Numeric | No |
| 2020 | Numeric | No |
| 2019 | Numeric | No |
| 2018 | Numeric | No |
| 2017 | Numeric | No |
| 2016 | Numeric | No |
| 2015 | Numeric | No |
| 2014 | Numeric | No |
| 2013 | Numeric | No |
| 2012 | Numeric | No |
| 2011 | Numeric | No |
| 2010 | Numeric | No |
| 2009 | Numeric | No |
| 2008 | Numeric | No |
| 2007 | Numeric | No |
| 2006 | Numeric | No |
| 2005 | Numeric | No |
| 2004 | Numeric | No |
| 2003 | Numeric | No |
| 2002 | Numeric | No |
| 2001 | Numeric | No |
| 2000 | Numeric | No |