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Top Sport & Physical Activity by SG Residents - Overall

Top Sports & Exercise – Overall

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Top Sports & Exercise – Overall

Data from Jan 2016 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:30 SGT

SPORT (Sport Singapore)

Source: National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS). NSPS is a nationwide survey conducted by Sport Singapore to track sport and physical activity participation amongst Singapore Residents aged 13+ years, with data collected continously across the year and with robust annual sample sizes of at least 4,500 and weighted to reflect the population. This data shows trend of top sports and exercise participated in the past 4 weeks. For more details on the National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey and access to related datasets, please visit the Sport Data Exchange Singapore (SportDexSG) portal at www.sportdexsg.gov.sg/. SportDexSG is a digital platform developed by Sport Singapore to facilitate the sharing of data and insights between sport ecosystem players in Singapore and beyond.

Top Sports & Physical Activities – Overall

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TopSportsExerciseOverall.csv (7 rows, 332 B)

Annual
Year (YYYY)
Walking/Brisk Walking
Numeric (Percentage)
Jogging/Running
Numeric (Percentage)
Calisthenics
Numeric (Percentage)
Cycling
Numeric (Percentage)
Swimming
Numeric (Percentage)
Other Workout with Equipment
Numeric (Percentage)
Badminton
Numeric (Percentage)
Weightlifting / Weight training
Numeric (Percentage)
Yoga
Numeric (Percentage)
Basketball
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2016221735855123
2017272047866223
2018281835765133
2019262235754133
202037281010645443
202137301313755433
202240291511976433

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
AnnualannualYear (YYYY)--
Walking/Brisk WalkingwalkingoutdoorNumeric (Percentage)--
Jogging/RunningjoggingrunningNumeric (Percentage)--
CalisthenicscalisthenicsNumeric (Percentage)--
CyclingcyclingNumeric (Percentage)--
SwimmingswimmingNumeric (Percentage)--
Other Workout with EquipmentotherworkoutequipmentNumeric (Percentage)--
BadmintonbadmintonNumeric (Percentage)--
Weightlifting / Weight trainingweightliftingtrainingNumeric (Percentage)--
YogayogaNumeric (Percentage)--
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_36ff9bbf1221c3d36ba23ca790ae65a5"
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.

Sport Singapore. (2020). Top Sports & Exercise – Overall (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_36ff9bbf1221c3d36ba23ca790ae65a5/view

About this dataset

Contact

amir_mohamed@sport.gov.sgelvina_lee@sport.gov.sgruijing_ma@sport.gov.sg

Created on

23 Jun 2020

Licence

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

Agency

SPORT (Sport Singapore)