Work & Labour in Singapore

328 indicators covering work & labour for Singapore.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population by labor force status 686,240 people 2025 down 2.1% 138th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 18.8% 2023 down 36.6% 104th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 6.51 2025 down 4.5% 172nd
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 175.8 2025 58th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 201.08 Persons 2022 up 2.3% 62nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 266.1 Persons 2022 up 22.4% 64th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.7% 2020 down 65.8% 36th
Female labor force by age 104,657 people 2024 up 147.5% 65th
Labor force participation rate by age 33.1% 2024 down 12.0% 124th
Female labor force participation rate by age 30.9% 2024 down 12.9% 112th
Jobs gap 151.93 2025 55th
Jobs gap rate 6 2025 60th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 71.97 2025 49th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 2.8 2025 52nd
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 6.3% 2024 down 24.5% 154th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0876 units per square kilometre 2023 down 19.7% 1st
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.1074 units per square kilometre 2023 down 40.0% 1st
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 212.57 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% 2nd
Employment by status 87.2% 2024 up 2.1% 30th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 87.2% 2024 up 2.1% 30th
Employment 2,376 2025 up 10.6% 100th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.4221 % change on previous year 2025 down 114.1% 83rd
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.4221 % change on previous year 2025 down 114.1% 83rd
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.4221 % change on previous year 2025 down 114.1% 83rd
Cases of fatal occupational injury 36 2023 down 39.0% 67th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.0% 2025 up 700.0% 132nd
Unemployment with basic education 2.8% 2024 down 19.6% 102nd
Unemployment with basic education, male 2.7% 2024 down 20.4% 102nd
Unemployment with intermediate education 4.3% 2024 up 11.2% 95th
Unemployment with basic education, female 3.0% 2024 down 19.7% 102nd
Unemployment with advanced education 3.3% 2024 down 12.1% 85th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 4.1% 2024 up 4.9% 98th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 2.7 2024 unchanged 65th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 2.7 score 2024 unchanged 65th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 6.5% 2025 up 79.3% 114th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 4.4% 2024 up 17.7% 74th
Labor force with basic education, female 47.7% 2024 down 40.5% 34th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 5.1% 2025 up 7.9% 118th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 7.7% 2025 up 185.3% 105th
Labor force with basic education, male 59.4% 2024 down 47.6% 67th
Labor force with basic education 53.1% 2024 down 45.0% 54th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 59.9% 2024 down 12.4% 44th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 72.0% 2024 down 17.9% 69th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 66.3% 2024 down 14.7% 57th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 3.4% 2024 up 2.9% 76th
Labor force with advanced education, male 87.3% 2024 down 6.3% 25th
Labor force with advanced education 85.1% 2024 down 4.2% 15th
Labor force with advanced education, female 83.0% 2024 down 1.5% 10th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 60.5% 2025 up 4.2% 33rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 71.3% 2025 down 3.6% 56th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 3.2% 2024 down 24.9% 86th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 65.7% 2025 down 0.1% 39th
Cases of non-fatal occupational injury 22,751 2023 up 92.1% 41st
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 31.3% 2025 down 14.9% 87th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 32.7% 2025 down 14.2% 108th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 29.8% 2025 down 15.7% 73rd
Part time employment, female 13.3% 2025 84th
Part time employment, male 7.1% 2025 86th
Part time employment, total 10.1% 2025 85th
Patents - international collaboration in technology development 1,527 Co-inventions 2023 up 20.7% 19th