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 ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →