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Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Trainees By Age, Highest Qualification Attained (HQA), And Sex, Annual

Description

Annual counts of local Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) trainees who attained at least one Statement of Attainment, broken down by age, highest qualification attained, and sex in SingStat CSV from 2011 through 2024. SkillsFuture Singapore data (from 2016) supports adult learning and SkillsFuture policy evaluation. Adapted from TableBuilder TS/M183091.

Official description

Source: SKILLSFUTURE SINGAPORE Data Last Updated: 06/07/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Prior to Oct 2016, data were from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA). With effect from Oct 2016, data are from the SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). SSG is a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE). It is formed to drive and coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture. In Oct 2016, SSG took over some of the functions performed by WDA and absorbed the Council for Private Education (CPE), which was a statutory board under MOE. The Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) is a national credential system that trains, develops, assesses and certifies skills and competencies for the workforce. Training programmes developed under the WSQ system are based on skills and competencies validated by employers, unions and professional bodies. WSQ emphasizes flexible competency-based adult learning, open access to skills upgrading and clear career progression pathways for workers to upgrade their skills. With the roll-out of the Skills Frameworks in 2016, the WSQ adopted the skills and competencies covered in the Skills Frameworks. Data are based on calendar year and pertain to local WSQ trainees who have attained at least one WSQ Statement of Attainment. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M183091

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Coverage
2011-01-01 – 2025-12-31
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

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Data Series 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Total 417850.000000 382175.000000 310221.000000 288646.000000 310764.000000 262905.000000 322843.000000 327996.000000 310491 289699 267655 267423 231009 198322 192249
Age Group: Below 20 17256.000000 17520.000000 13928.000000 15626.000000 17445.000000 18203.000000 24591.000000 21607.000000 18597 13515 16016 14221 13641 11575 10860
Age Group: 20 - 29 44798.000000 51069.000000 45517.000000 45858.000000 49448.000000 54574.000000 62223.000000 61703.000000 65219 56649 54876 52170 45947 40260 37056
Age Group: 30 - 39 70426.000000 65410.000000 57217.000000 49757.000000 54227.000000 47662.000000 55112.000000 56205.000000 56487 57849 56326 56622 52223 46722 44643
Age Group: 40 - 49 82982.000000 71114.000000 59537.000000 54219.000000 63686.000000 50916.000000 59617.000000 60570.000000 58635 58179 53375 56065 50793 43950 44489
Age Group: 50 - 59 89395.000000 77201.000000 62356.000000 57164.000000 64370.000000 48648.000000 60728.000000 63575.000000 58822 56543 50673 54096 45233 37916 38461
Age Group: 60 - 69 78345.000000 69612.000000 51086.000000 47651.000000 47282.000000 33343.000000 45307.000000 47828.000000 40638 36787 29108 27614 18990 14812 13560
Age Group: 70 & Over 34648.000000 30249.000000 20580.000000 18371.000000 14306.000000 9559.000000 15265.000000 16508.000000 12093 10177 7281 6635 4182 3087 3180
Highest Qualification Attained: Below Primary 6962.000000 9267.000000 9224.000000 9633.000000 8245.000000 9066.000000 15730.000000 21309.000000 16993 16454 16136 12074 8863 5531 5695
Highest Qualification Attained: Primary 17168.000000 21570.000000 20428.000000 19853.000000 18354.000000 12215.000000 18092.000000 24872.000000 24546 25732 25031 33538 26391 28516 28343
Highest Qualification Attained: Lower Secondary 22672.000000 25539.000000 22299.000000 19879.000000 22018.000000 22193.000000 32246.000000 36776.000000 34274 31491 27975 30313 26606 22120 27824
Highest Qualification Attained: Secondary 65092.000000 63804.000000 52300.000000 47509.000000 56733.000000 52677.000000 64197.000000 70332.000000 67141 64041 60786 64020 60134 55977 54012
Highest Qualification Attained: Post-Secondary 25817.000000 24393.000000 20722.000000 20474.000000 22509.000000 26533.000000 27840.000000 29183.000000 32080 27755 25276 21856 20601 17318 12663
Highest Qualification Attained: Professional Qualification And Other Diploma 13509.000000 11485.000000 9258.000000 9349.000000 10815.000000 15021.000000 19004.000000 14963.000000 15057 14634 11839 14030 10744 9620 8624
Highest Qualification Attained: Polytechnic Diploma 40033.000000 35281.000000 29107.000000 28101.000000 32908.000000 36780.000000 36999.000000 42125.000000 41764 32133 31610 26612 24144 19790 17224
Highest Qualification Attained: Degree And Above 61646.000000 45328.000000 36551.000000 34020.000000 41936.000000 47513.000000 60014.000000 59478.000000 57893 56295 48395 45011 34032 27144 23926
Highest Qualification Attained: Modular Certification 3183.000000 3342.000000 2961.000000 3572.000000 5861.000000 12340.000000 15348.000000 1241.000000 na na na na na na na
Highest Qualification Attained: Others / Not Reported 161768.000000 142166.000000 107371.000000 96256.000000 91385.000000 28567.000000 33373.000000 27717.000000 20743 21164 20607 19969 19494 12306 13938
Sex: Female 216238.000000 192287.000000 151107.000000 136412.000000 148023.000000 111917.000000 138469.000000 142266.000000 134715 133816 122291 120818 109391 101438 98582
Sex: Male 201612.000000 189888.000000 159112.000000 152223.000000 161192.000000 148826.000000 182589.000000 183670.000000 173394 153730 143142 144166 119170 95154 90364
Sex: Not Reported 0.000000 0.000000 2.000000 11.000000 1549.000000 2162.000000 1785.000000 2060.000000 2382 2153 2222 2439 2448 1730 3303

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2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
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2015 Text No
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