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Two-year Moving Average of Distribution of Residents​ with Disabilities Aged Outside the Labour Force Aged 15 to 64 by Main Reason for Not Working

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)
  1. Data are for June periods.
  2. Data are based on two-year moving averages, e.g. 2019 is the average for 2018 and 2019. The use of two-year moving averages is to smooth year-on-year fluctuations in the data due to a relatively small number of persons of disabilities.
  3. Data for 'Education/Training-Related' includes pursuing full-time study, pursuing part-time study, awaiting the start of academic year, awaiting national service (NS) call-up, awaiting examination results and attending courses / training.
  4. 'Discouraged' refers to persons outside the labour force who are not actively looking for a job because they believe their job search would not yield results. Reasons cited for being discouraged include: (a) Believes no suitable work available; (b) Employers’ discrimination (e.g. prefer younger workers) and (c) Lacks necessary qualification, training, skills or experience.

Data from 2019 to 2025

Last updated 6 months ago (5 Mar 2026)

Data explorer

TwoyearMovingAverageofDistributionofResidentswithDisabilitiesAgedOutsidetheLabourForceAged15to64byMainReasonforNotWorking.csv (63 rows, 1.9 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Main Reason For Not Working
Text
Distribution Of Pwd By Main Reason For Not Working
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
201914.3%
202014.3%
202114.3%
202214.3%
(Null)0.0%
Others11.1%
Retired11.1%
Discouraged11.1%
Taking a break11.1%
(Null)0.0%
2019Too old/Poor health24.6
2020Too old/Poor health23.1
2021Too old/Poor health25
2022Too old/Poor health28
2023Too old/Poor health24.6
2024Too old/Poor health23.6
2025Too old/Poor health29.5
2019Permanently Ill/Disabled56.7
2020Permanently Ill/Disabled55.3
2021Permanently Ill/Disabled50.2
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3549a6a5fb5cfff7eae662b946857760"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Two-year Moving Average of Distribution of Residents​ with Disabilities Aged Outside the Labour Force Aged 15 to 64 by Main Reason for Not Working (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3549a6a5fb5cfff7eae662b946857760/view

About this dataset

Contact

yeo_hui_yi@mom.gov.sgbrian_pang@mm.gov.sg

Created on

05 Mar 2026

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)