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Average Monthly Recruitment Rate By Industry And Occupational Group, (SSIC 2020), Annual

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 12 Jul 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Data Last Updated: 20/03/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 1) Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees. From 2006 onwards, data also include the public sector. 2) Annual figures are computed based on the simple averages of the four quarterly figures in the year. 3) Data are based on SSIC1996 (1990-1999), SSIC2005 (2000-2005), SSIC2020 (2006-current).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M184041

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyRecruitmentRateByIndustryAndOccupationalGroupSSIC2020Annual.csv (172 rows, 39.1 KB)

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2023
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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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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2005
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2004
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2003
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2001
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2000
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1999
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1998
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1996
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1993
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1992
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1991
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1990
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
27.0%
1.810.5%
2.18.7%
1.76.4%
(Null)0.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.70.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.80.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.30.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.40.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.50.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.20.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.60.6%
(Null)99.4%
2.30.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.20.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.20.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.50.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.50.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.60.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.70.6%
(Null)99.4%
3.90.6%
(Null)99.4%
4.50.6%
Total22.22.62.11.62.22.32.12.22.42.62.72.82.72.82.22.82.92.82.72.82.32.42.53.22.62.33.23.23.53.53.63.73.94.5
Manufacturing1.61.72.31.81.11.71.91.81.61.61.81.91.9221.522.32.4nananananananananananananananana
Food, Beverages & Tobacco2.3332.82.22.93.232.93.23.13.23.13.13.232.92.93nananananananananananananananana
Paper/Rubber/Plastic Products & Printing1.61.722.71.41.61.81.91.61.71.91.82.122.31.31.82.22.3nananananananananananananananana
Petroleum, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Products1.21.31.51.311.31.31.41.41.41.81.81.61.41.51.21.51.71.5nananananananananananananananana
Fabricated Metal Products, Machinery & Equipment1.51.82.32.211.81.91.61.41.41.81.92.12.11.91.52.32.82.7nananananananananananananananana
Electronic, Computer & Optical Products112.41.711.61.82.51.61.61.71.51.61.82.21.41.61.82.2nananananananananananananananana
Transport Equipment2.21.6210.61.41.71.21.21.11.31.81.51.81.51.11.82.42.4nananananananananananananananana
Other Manufacturing Industries1.41.92.421.21.61.61.61.81.8222.22.22.32.12.42.32.5nananananananananananananananana
Construction2.12.331.512.221.72.12.52.63.33.42.82.52.53.73.32.9nananananananananananananananana

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5fb31c11163a5ac1afd06272df71e644"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Average Monthly Recruitment Rate By Industry And Occupational Group, (SSIC 2020), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5fb31c11163a5ac1afd06272df71e644/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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