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Average Days Of Sick Leave Taken - Industry (Level 3)

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Source: Conditions of Employment Survey, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, MOM

Notes: (1) Data pertain to private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees and the public sector. (2) Data are available biennially. (3) 's': Data suppressed due to small number of observations.

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2023

Last updated 2 months ago (30 Jun 2026)

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AverageDaysOfSickLeaveTakenIndustryLevel3.csv (558 rows, 58.9 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Industry1
Text
Industry2
Text
Industry3
Text
Sick Leave
Text
Average Days Taken Per Absentee
Text
Average Days Taken Per Employee
Text
(Null)0.0%
200711.1%
200911.1%
201111.1%
201311.1%
(Null)0.0%
services71.0%
manufacturing22.6%
others3.2%
construction3.2%
(Null)0.0%
transportation and storage12.9%
professional services9.7%
administrative and support services9.7%
community, social and personal services9.7%
(Null)0.0%
others3.2%
education3.2%
construction3.2%
retail trade3.2%
(Null)0.0%
hospitalisation leave50.0%
outpatient sick leave50.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
0.66.8%
0.76.3%
0.56.1%
0.95.7%
2007manufacturingfood, beverages and tobaccofood, beverages and tobaccohospitalisation leave15.80.4
2007manufacturingpaper/ rubber/ plastic products and printingpaper/ rubber/ plastic products and printinghospitalisation leave13.30.7
2007manufacturingpetroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical productspetroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical productshospitalisation leave13.90.7
2007manufacturingfabricated metal products, machinery and equipmentfabricated metal products, machinery and equipmenthospitalisation leave19.20.6
2007manufacturingelectronic, computer and optical productselectronic, computer and optical productshospitalisation leave11.60.5
2007manufacturingtransport equipmenttransport equipmenthospitalisation leave14.40.7
2007manufacturingother manufacturing industriesother manufacturing industrieshospitalisation leave19.70.6
2007constructionconstructionconstructionhospitalisation leave180.3
2007serviceswholesale and retail tradewholesale tradehospitalisation leave14.50.5
2007serviceswholesale and retail traderetail tradehospitalisation leave19.50.7
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_aabbf079b16af63eccf483c18984ac5e"
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). Average Days Of Sick Leave Taken - Industry (Level 3) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_aabbf079b16af63eccf483c18984ac5e/view

About this dataset

Contact

quek_seow_leng@mom.gov.sg

Created on

25 Mar 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)