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Average Days of Sick Leave Taken By Employees

Average Days of Sick Leave Taken By Employees - Topline

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Average Days of Sick Leave Taken By Employees - Topline

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2021

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:41 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Avg days per absentee, Avg days per employee by Year

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AverageDaysofSickLeaveTakenByEmployeesTopline.csv (12 rows, 480 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Sick Leave Text	Avg Days Per Absentee Numeric	Avg Days Per Employee Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2011	hospitalisation leave	16	0.7
2011	outpatient sick leave	4.7	2.7
2013	hospitalisation leave	14.3	0.7
2013	outpatient sick leave	4.7	2.8
2015	hospitalisation leave	14.2	0.8
2015	outpatient sick leave	4.8	2.9
2017	hospitalisation leave	14.9	1
2017	outpatient sick leave	5.1	3
2019	hospitalisation leave	14.5	1.1
2019	outpatient sick leave	5.3	3.3

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Sick Leave	sick_leave	Text	-	-
Avg Days Per Absentee	avg_days_per_absentee	Numeric	Days	-
Avg Days Per Employee	avg_days_per_employee	Numeric	Days	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_71171592ab6c242146622d2f49e06a36"
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.

Ministry of Manpower. (2016). Average Days of Sick Leave Taken By Employees - Topline (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_71171592ab6c242146622d2f49e06a36/view

About this dataset

Contact

QUEK_Seow_Leng@mom.gov.sg

Created on

01 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)