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Top Sports & Exercise - By Sex

SPORT (Sport Singapore)

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This dataset presents information on the top 10 sports/exercises, segmented by sex and categorised by the NSPS year. The data reveals participation preferences and trends between male and female residents across different sporting activities.

Related Resources: https://go.gov.sg/sportdexsg-topsports

Data from Jan 2019 to Dec 2025

Last updated 4 months ago (17 Apr 2026)

Data explorer

TopSportsExerciseBySex.csv (20 rows, 758 B)

Sex
Text
Activity
Text
2019
Numeric (Percentage)
2020
Numeric (Percentage)
2021
Numeric (Percentage)
2022
Numeric (Percentage)
2023
Numeric (Percentage)
2024
Numeric (Percentage)
2025
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
male50.0%
female50.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
femalewalking31414245404255
femalejogging/running18212423181917
femalecalisthenics 4111418181510
femaleswimming 8669997
femaleyoga 5766544
femalebadminton 4455544
femalecycling 4799634
femalepilates/reformer 1112111
femaletreadmill 1213321
femaleother workout 3456441
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3db7e7c6ea53b9619d7b1f277fec7e48"
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. (2026). Top Sports & Exercise - By Sex (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3db7e7c6ea53b9619d7b1f277fec7e48/view

About this dataset

Contact

SPORT_Research@sport.gov.sg

Created on

02 Apr 2026

Licence

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

Agency

SPORT (Sport Singapore)