Labour Costs in Singapore increased to 119.70 points in the fourth quarter of 2025 from 113.30 points in the third quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Singapore Labour Costs - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Singapore Labour Force Participation Rate: Youth Adults: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 33.706 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.486 % for 2023. Singapore Labour Force Participation Rate: Youth Adults: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 35.666 % from Dec 1957 (Median) to 2024, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.450 % in 1980 and a record low of 27.772 % in 2000. Singapore Labour Force Participation Rate: Youth Adults: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Labour Organization. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.ILO.LFS: Labour Force Participation Rate: By Sex and Age: Annual.

In 2023, the labor force employment rate of those aged 15 years and above in Singapore was 66.2 percent. Singapore has enjoyed a relatively stable employment rate. In the face of a rapidly aging population, however, it faces higher demand for labor in the workforce. Aging population While Singapore is likely to continue with the strategies of migration and input from foreign labor supply as a means to maintain labor force growth, there is a need to expand the resident labor force at the same time by tapping older age groups as well as women. The minimum retirement age in Singapore is set at 62 years old, however 31.5 percent of residents aged 65 years old were still employed or seeking employment. A profile of older workers in Singapore showed that a large proportion of the current cohort of workers tend to be less educated, and thus many are employed in low-skilled jobs and hence receive lesser wages. It is thus a challenge to raise labor productivity and to enhance their long-term employability in an unstable economic climate. Women in the workforce The female labor force participation rate in Singapore places the city-state behind countries in the APAC region like Vietnam, Cambodia and New Zealand despite higher education attainment amongst women in recent years. The gender gap in the local labor force only emerges when women enter their 30s. In addressing this issue, ad hoc flexible work arrangements, such as unplanned time-off and telecommuting were introduced in recent years. Singapore has also implemented several enhanced maternity benefits and leave schemes for working parents.

In 2024, the labor force participation rate in Singapore was at 68.2 percent. In that year, residents aged between 30 and 34 years old had the highest labor force participation rate. Singapore has also seen an increasing participation rate for those aged 65 years and above in the last ten years.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Singapore decreased to 67.90 percent in 2025 from 68.20 percent in 2024. This dataset provides - Singapore Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Share of Labour Compensation in GDP at Current National Prices for Singapore (LABSHPSGA156NRUG) from 1960 to 2023 about Singapore, compensation, labor, and GDP.

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Labor force, total in Singapore was reported at 3722265 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Singapore - Labor force, total - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2026.

Singapore Labour Force Participation Rate: Female: 5-Year Bands: Aged 25-29 data was reported at 93.047 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 90.671 % for 2023. Singapore Labour Force Participation Rate: Female: 5-Year Bands: Aged 25-29 data is updated yearly, averaging 80.800 % from Dec 1957 (Median) to 2024, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.047 % in 2024 and a record low of 16.454 % in 1957. Singapore Labour Force Participation Rate: Female: 5-Year Bands: Aged 25-29 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Labour Organization. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.ILO.LFS: Labour Force Participation Rate: By Sex and Age: Annual.

Labour Force Participation Rate: Aggregate Bands: Aged 25-54 data was reported at 90.539 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 89.640 % for 2023. Labour Force Participation Rate: Aggregate Bands: Aged 25-54 data is updated yearly, averaging 83.259 % from Dec 1957 (Median) to 2024, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 90.539 % in 2024 and a record low of 60.687 % in 1970. Labour Force Participation Rate: Aggregate Bands: Aged 25-54 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Labour Organization. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.ILO.LFS: Labour Force Participation Rate: By Sex and Age: Annual.

Dataset from Ministry of Manpower. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_58f162f65f306ee2b662d40c6474a94a/view

In 2024, the labor force participation rate in Singapore was highest among residents aged 30 to 34 years, at 94.1 percent. The current age of retirement in Singapore is 63 years, although this is planned to be raised to 64 years in 2026.

As of 2024, **** percent of the labor force in Singapore had a university degree or higher. Singapore has increased the share of degree holders in the labor force in the past decades, upskilling its workforce to meet the demands of a more sophisticated economy.

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_34afb1e56eb4ce56a8a3a9abd371362a/view

Labour Force Participation Rate: 5-Year Bands: Aged 25-29 data was reported at 90.090 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 88.463 % for 2023. Labour Force Participation Rate: 5-Year Bands: Aged 25-29 data is updated yearly, averaging 87.100 % from Dec 1957 (Median) to 2024, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 90.400 % in 2020 and a record low of 49.923 % in 2000. Labour Force Participation Rate: 5-Year Bands: Aged 25-29 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Labour Organization. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.ILO.LFS: Labour Force Participation Rate: By Sex and Age: Annual.

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bbbb4d7cbf97ea1eedbda4ad8368a371/view

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f9fc9b5420d96bcab45bc31eeb8ae3c3/view

In 2024, the labor force participation rate for men in Singapore was at 74 percent. The male labor force participation rate has remained relatively stable throughout the last ten years, compared to the female labor force participation rate, which had been increasing.

Singapore: Armed forces personnel, percent of the labor force: The latest value from 2020 is 1.72 percent, an increase from 1.71 percent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 1.25 percent, based on data from 165 countries. Historically, the average for Singapore from 1990 to 2020 is 5.18 percent. The minimum value, 1.71 percent, was reached in 2019 while the maximum of 8.99 percent was recorded in 1997.

Key information about Singapore Labour Productivity Growth

• Singapore Labour Productivity improved by 5.10 % YoY in Dec 2025, compared with a growth of 3.10 % in the previous quarter
• Singapore Labour Productivity Growth data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1986 to Dec 2025, averaging at 3.80 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 21.30 % in Jun 2021 and a record low of -13.00 % in Mar 2009

CEIC extends history for quarterly Labour Productivity Growth. The Singapore Department of Statistics provides Labour Productivity Growth at 2015 prices. Labour Productivity Growth prior to Q1 1992 is based on 1995 prices. Employment includes members of the Singapore Armed Forces