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Top Sport & Physical Activity by SG Residents - Overall

Top Sports & Exercise – 40 to 59 years old

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Top Sports & Exercise – 40 to 59 years old

Data from Jan 2015 to Dec 2021

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:46 SGT

SPORT (Sport Singapore)

Source: National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS). NSPS is a nationwide survey conducted by Sport Singapore to track sport and physical activity participation amongst Singapore Residents aged 13+ years, with data collected continously across the year and with robust annual sample sizes of at least 4,500 and weighted to reflect the population. This data shows trend of top sports and exercise participated in the past 4 weeks. For more details on the National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey and access to related datasets, please visit the Sport Data Exchange Singapore (SportDexSG) portal at www.sportdexsg.gov.sg/. SportDexSG is a digital platform developed by Sport Singapore to facilitate the sharing of data and insights between sport ecosystem players in Singapore and beyond.

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TopSportsExercise40to59yearsold.csv (7 rows, 299 B)

Annual
Year (YYYY)
Walking/Brisk Walking
Numeric (Percentage)
Jogging/Running
Numeric (Percentage)
Cycling
Numeric (Percentage)
Calisthenics
Numeric (Percentage)
Swimming
Numeric (Percentage)
Yoga
Numeric (Percentage)
Badminton
Numeric (Percentage)
Weightlifting/training
Numeric (Percentage)
Other Workout with Equipment
Numeric (Percentage)
Basketball
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2015201562724041
2016261754734131
2017322074935250
2018322063834161
2019292152743131
202043241210642331
202143301412744221

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
AnnualannualYear (YYYY)--
Walking/Brisk WalkingwalkingNumeric (Percentage)--
Jogging/RunningjoggingNumeric (Percentage)--
CyclingcyclingNumeric (Percentage)--
CalisthenicscalisthenicsNumeric (Percentage)--
SwimmingswimmingNumeric (Percentage)--
YogayogaNumeric (Percentage)--
BadmintonbadmintonNumeric (Percentage)--
Weightlifting/trainingweightliftingNumeric (Percentage)--
Other Workout with EquipmentotherworkoutNumeric (Percentage)--
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8963788eef3a91d6dc473396ea7ea929"
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. (2020). Top Sports & Exercise – 40 to 59 years old (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 9, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8963788eef3a91d6dc473396ea7ea929/view

About this dataset

Contact

amir_mohamed@sport.gov.sgelvina_lee@sport.gov.sgruijing_ma@sport.gov.sg

Created on

23 Jun 2020

Licence

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

Agency

SPORT (Sport Singapore)