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Average Monthly Resignation Rate - Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 23 Mar 2026, 15:36 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Average Monthly Resignation Rate during a quarter is defined as the average number of persons who resigned in a month during the quarter divided by the average number of employees in the establishment. The annual figures are the simple averages of the quarterly figures Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyResignationRateAnnual.csv (28 rows, 287 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Resignation Rate
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
19982.1
19992.2
20002.5
20012.2
20022.1
20032
20042.2
20052.1
20062
20072
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ad3831aac52b302dd474fa92c7acc808"
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. (2026). Average Monthly Resignation Rate - Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 7, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ad3831aac52b302dd474fa92c7acc808/view

About this dataset

Contact

ng_li_mei@mom.gov.sgsamantha_teo@mom.gov.sg

Created on

23 Mar 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)