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Incidence of Retrenchment by Industry and Occupation - Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 23 Mar 2026, 13:32 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Retrenchment refers to the termination of permanent employees due to redundancy and early termination of term contract employees due to redundancy. Incidence of retrenchment refers to the number of retrenched employees per one thousand employees. Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.

Data explorer

IncidenceofRetrenchmentbyIndustryandOccupationAnnual.csv (3.5K rows, 306.6 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Industry
Text
Occupation
Text
Incidence Of Retrenchment
Text
(Null)0.0%
20003.7%
20013.7%
20023.7%
20033.7%
(Null)0.0%
others2.4%
construction2.4%
retail trade2.4%
manufacturing2.4%
(Null)0.0%
clerical, sales and services workers33.3%
professionals, managers, executives and technicians33.3%
production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers33.3%
(Null)12.4%
1.71.2%
1.81.1%
1.61.1%
0.71.1%
1998manufacturingprofessionals, managers, executives and technicians36
1998manufacturingclerical, sales and services workers36
1998manufacturingproduction and transport operators, cleaners and labourers76.6
1998food, beverages and tobaccoprofessionals, managers, executives and technicians4.9
1998food, beverages and tobaccoclerical, sales and services workers3.7
1998food, beverages and tobaccoproduction and transport operators, cleaners and labourers27.1
1998textile and wearing apparelprofessionals, managers, executives and technicians14.9
1998textile and wearing apparelclerical, sales and services workers40.4
1998textile and wearing apparelproduction and transport operators, cleaners and labourers30.3
1998paper products and publishingprofessionals, managers, executives and technicians6.4
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4a089fa8530d79b33766f85e48a68af5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Incidence of Retrenchment by Industry and Occupation - Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 29, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4a089fa8530d79b33766f85e48a68af5/view

About this dataset

Contact

ng_li_mei@mom.gov.sgsamantha_teo@mom.gov.sg

Created on

23 Mar 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)