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Economy

Proportion Of Volunteers By Sex, Biennial

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: NATIONAL VOLUNTEER & PHILANTHROPY CENTRE

Data Last Updated: 19/06/2026

Update Frequency: Biennial

Footnotes: Data from 2023 onwards are based on the National Giving Study (NGS), conducted every two years by the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC). The study was previously titled Individual Giving Study (IGS) from 2004 to 2021 and was subsequently rebranded in 2023.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891331

Data from Jan 2004 to Dec 2025

Last updated 6 hours ago

Updated every 2 years

Data explorer

ProportionOfVolunteersBySexBiennial.csv (3 rows, 286 B)

Data Series
Text
2025
Numeric
2023
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2018
Numeric
2016
Numeric
2014
Numeric
2012
Numeric
2010
Numeric
2008
Numeric
2006
Numeric
2004
Numeric
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total2130222935183223171615
Male2332222935173124151616
Female2028212835193322191514
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8df6a7d5495480c6828e55d35c247f3b"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Proportion Of Volunteers By Sex, Biennial (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8df6a7d5495480c6828e55d35c247f3b/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)