SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202426310
Economist
Economist conducts research, monitors data, analyses information, prepares reports and plans to resolve economic and business problems. He/she develops models to analyse, explain and forecast economic behaviour and patterns. He/she also provides advice to businesses, interest groups and governments to formulate solutions to present or project economic and business problems.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Economist conducts research, monitors data, analyses information, prepares reports and plans to resolve economic and business problems. He/she develops models to analyse, explain and forecast economic behaviour and patterns. He/she also provides advice to businesses, interest groups and governments to formulate solutions to present or project economic and business problems.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Econometrician • Economic advisor
Elsewhere
• Statistician, see 21221
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSUnit group
2631 EconomistsCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 26310 — Economist
ISCO-08
- 2631 — Economists
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.