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Economy

Number Of Employers By Sex, End June, Annual

Data from Jan 1991 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 10 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Data Last Updated: 25/03/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 1. Data are from Comprehensive Labour Force Survey. 2. Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. 3. Employers refer to persons who employ at least one paid employee in their business or trade. 4. Data for 1995, 2000 and 2005 are not available as the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey was not conducted in these years due to the conduct of the Census and General Household Survey by the Singapore Department of Statistics. 5. June 2007 data have been adjusted based on latest revised population estimates from DOS to facilitate comparisons with June 2008 onwards.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M920161

Data explorer

NumberOfEmployersBySexEndJuneAnnual.csv (3 rows, 872 B)

Data Series
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
Numeric
1999
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1998
Numeric
1997
Numeric
1996
Numeric
1994
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1993
Numeric
1992
Numeric
1991
Numeric
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Total74.195.489.897.69596.1105.5115.3122.8112.2128.7123.3108.2104.491.994.49291.488.483.981.981.892.377.88687.587.387.886.375.1
Male54.466.46668.468.169.577.583.188.181.190.389.6797869.571.570.869.370.767.46668.176.966.371.77473.974.973.663.3
Female19.72923.829.126.926.72832.134.731.138.433.729.226.422.422.921.222.117.716.615.913.715.511.514.313.513.412.812.611.8

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextThousands-
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20222022NumericThousands-
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20202020NumericThousands-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_42bd26052b399584ef639a607560bb2c"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Employers By Sex, End June, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_42bd26052b399584ef639a607560bb2c/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)