Work & Labour in Singapore

328 indicators covering work & labour for Singapore.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 65.66 2025 down 0.1% 7th
Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,376 2025 up 10.6% 45th
Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,163 2025 up 12.4% 51st
Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 67.87 2025 down 0.6% 7th
Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,456 2025 up 10.0% 45th
Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 0 2023 43rd
Number of labour inspection visits 25,342 2023 up 2.9% 29th
Number of labour inspectors 302 2024 up 54.9% 30th
Trade union density rate 22.18 2019 up 26.0% 34th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 6.46 2025 up 79.3% 58th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 26.12 2025 up 38.2% 56th
Labour inspection visits per inspector 173 2023 up 31.1% 12th
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 5.21 2025 55th
Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 50.76 2025 41st
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 5.09 2025 down 22.7% 52nd
Inspectors per 10'000 employed persons 0.32 2024 down 65.6% 52nd
Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 45.09 2025 down 28.0% 39th
Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1.9 2025 down 34.9% 40th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (current ILO) 7.01 2025 48th
Fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant status 1.17 2024 down 35.0% 65th
Number of registered workplaces that could be selected for labour 40,959 2023 up 18.0% 43rd
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0 2023 down 100.0% 92nd
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0 2023 down 100.0% 92nd
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 325.98 2024 down 19.1% 53rd
Fatal occupational injury rates 1.17 per 100,000 employees 2024 down 35.0% 63rd
Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings 4.7% 2025 up 849.3% 1st
Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 19th ICLS 3.3% 2024 down 11.5% 56th
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th 9.0% 2024 down 24.3% 43rd