Unemployment Rate (End Of Period), Quarterly

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Data from Jan 1992 to Dec 2024Updated 29 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Data Last Updated: 20/03/2025

Update Frequency: Quarterly

Footnotes: Total population comprises residents and non residents. Residents refer to Singapore citizens and permanent residents. Data for June 1995, 2000 and 2005 were obtained from the General Household Survey (June 1995 and 2005) and Population Census (June 2000) conducted by the Singapore Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry. The Labour Force Survey was not conducted in these periods.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M182341

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UnemploymentRateEndOfPeriodQuarterly.csv (3 rows, 3.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 4Q Numeric	2024 3Q Numeric	2024 2Q Numeric	2024 1Q Numeric	2023 4Q Numeric	2023 3Q Numeric	2023 2Q Numeric	2023 1Q Numeric	2022 4Q Numeric	2022 3Q Numeric	2022 2Q Numeric	2022 1Q Numeric	2021 4Q Numeric	2021 3Q Numeric	2021 2Q Numeric	2021 1Q Numeric	2020 4Q Numeric	2020 3Q Numeric	2020 2Q Numeric	2020 1Q Numeric	2019 4Q Numeric	2019 3Q Numeric	2019 2Q Numeric	2019 1Q Numeric	2018 4Q Numeric	2018 3Q Numeric	2018 2Q Numeric	2018 1Q Numeric	2017 4Q Numeric	2017 3Q Numeric	2017 2Q Numeric	2017 1Q Numeric	2016 4Q Numeric	2016 3Q Numeric	2016 2Q Numeric	2016 1Q Numeric	2015 4Q Numeric	2015 3Q Numeric	2015 2Q Numeric	2015 1Q Numeric	2014 4Q Numeric	2014 3Q Numeric	2014 2Q Numeric	2014 1Q Numeric	2013 4Q Numeric	2013 3Q Numeric	2013 2Q Numeric	2013 1Q Numeric	2012 4Q Numeric	2012 3Q Numeric	2012 2Q Numeric	2012 1Q Numeric	2011 4Q Numeric	2011 3Q Numeric	2011 2Q Numeric	2011 1Q Numeric	2010 4Q Numeric	2010 3Q Numeric	2010 2Q Numeric	2010 1Q Numeric	2009 4Q Numeric	2009 3Q Numeric	2009 2Q Numeric	2009 1Q Numeric	2008 4Q Numeric	2008 3Q Numeric	2008 2Q Numeric	2008 1Q Numeric	2007 4Q Numeric	2007 3Q Numeric	2007 2Q Numeric	2007 1Q Numeric	2006 4Q Numeric	2006 3Q Numeric	2006 2Q Numeric	2006 1Q Numeric	2005 4Q Numeric	2005 3Q Numeric	2005 2Q Numeric	2005 1Q Numeric	2004 4Q Numeric	2004 3Q Numeric	2004 2Q Numeric	2004 1Q Numeric	2003 4Q Numeric	2003 3Q Numeric	2003 2Q Numeric	2003 1Q Numeric	2002 4Q Numeric	2002 3Q Numeric	2002 2Q Numeric	2002 1Q Numeric	2001 4Q Numeric	2001 3Q Numeric	2001 2Q Numeric	2001 1Q Numeric	2000 4Q Numeric	2000 3Q Numeric	2000 2Q Numeric	2000 1Q Numeric	1999 4Q Numeric	1999 3Q Numeric	1999 2Q Numeric	1999 1Q Numeric	1998 4Q Numeric	1998 3Q Numeric	1998 2Q Numeric	1998 1Q Numeric	1997 4Q Numeric	1997 3Q Numeric	1997 2Q Numeric	1997 1Q Numeric	1996 4Q Numeric	1996 3Q Numeric	1996 2Q Numeric	1996 1Q Numeric	1995 4Q Numeric	1995 3Q Numeric	1995 2Q Numeric	1995 1Q Numeric	1994 4Q Numeric	1994 3Q Numeric	1994 2Q Numeric	1994 1Q Numeric	1993 4Q Numeric	1993 3Q Numeric	1993 2Q Numeric	1993 1Q Numeric	1992 4Q Numeric	1992 3Q Numeric	1992 2Q Numeric	1992 1Q Numeric
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Total Unemployment Rate	1.7	1.8	2.4	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.4	1.6	1.8	2	2.6	2	2.1	2.5	3.4	2.6	2.8	3.2	3.8	2.2	2	2	3	2	1.9	1.9	2.7	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.9	2.1	1.9	1.8	2.8	1.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	1.7	1.6	1.7	2.6	1.9	1.6	1.6	2.6	1.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	1.9	1.8	1.8	2.7	1.8	2	1.8	2.8	2.1	2.1	2.9	4.1	3	2.4	1.9	2.8	1.8	1.6	1.5	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.4	3.4	2.2	2.6	2.9	4.2	2.8	3.2	2.6	4.4	3.2	4	4.1	4.5	3.2	3.9	3.1	4.2	3	3.9	2.4	2.7	1.6	2.4	1.6	4.4	2.3	2.6	2.4	3.6	2.6	3.6	2.5	2.5	1.4	1.6	1	1.9	1.2	1.6	1.1	2.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	2.5	1.5	1.9	1.4	2.2	1.4	1.7	1.5	2.4	1.2	1.7	1.6	2.4	1.5
Resident Unemployment Rate	2.5	2.5	3.3	2.6	2.4	2.8	3.4	2.3	2.4	2.8	3.6	2.7	2.7	3.2	4.6	3.5	3.8	4.3	5.2	3.1	2.7	2.8	4.2	2.8	2.6	2.5	3.9	2.7	2.5	2.7	4.2	3	2.7	2.5	4.1	2.5	2.4	2.5	3.8	2.4	2.2	2.3	3.7	2.7	2.3	2.2	3.9	2.7	2.4	2.4	3.7	2.8	2.5	2.5	3.9	2.6	2.7	2.6	4.1	3.1	2.9	4.1	5.9	4.4	3.5	2.8	4	2.6	2.3	2.1	4	3.4	3.6	3.2	4.5	2.9	3.4	3.8	5.6	3.7	4.2	3.4	5.8	4.3	5.4	5.4	5.9	4.2	5.2	4.2	5.6	4.2	5.5	3.3	3.8	2.2	3.3	2.3	6	3.2	3.5	3.2	4.9	3.6	4.9	3.5	3.4	2	2.3	1.4	2.5	1.6	2.1	1.5	3.1	2	2.3	1.5	3.2	1.8	2.4	1.7	2.7	1.8	2.1	1.8	2.8	1.5	2	2	2.8	1.8
Citizen Unemployment Rate	2.6	2.6	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.9	3.6	2.4	2.5	2.9	3.8	2.8	2.9	3.4	4.9	3.7	3.8	4.4	5.5	3.2	2.8	2.9	4.4	2.9	2.7	2.6	4.1	2.7	2.6	2.8	4.4	3.2	2.9	2.7	4.2	2.5	2.5	2.7	4	2.5	2.3	2.4	3.9	2.8	2.5	2.4	4	2.8	2.6	2.6	3.9	3	2.7	2.6	4	2.7	3	2.8	4.4	3.2	3.1	4.2	6.1	4.7	3.7	2.9	4.1	2.8	2.5	2.2	4.2	3.5	3.7	3.2	4.7	3.2	3.7	4.1	5.8	3.8	4.6	3.7	6.2	4.6	5.7	5.6	6.1	4.3	5.4	4.5	5.9	4.4	5.8	3.5	3.9	2.4	3.5	2.3	6.2	3.4	3.6	3.3	5	3.7	5.1	3.6	3.5	2.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	1.7	2.2	1.5	3.2	2	2.4	1.5	3.2	1.9	2.4	1.8	2.8	1.8	2.1	1.9	2.9	1.6	2	2	2.9	1.8

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per Cent	-
2024 4Q	20244Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2024 3Q	20243Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2024 2Q	20242Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2024 1Q	20241Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2023 4Q	20234Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2023 3Q	20233Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2023 2Q	20232Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2023 1Q	20231Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2022 4Q	20224Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2022 3Q	20223Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2022 2Q	20222Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2022 1Q	20221Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021 4Q	20214Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021 3Q	20213Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021 2Q	20212Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021 1Q	20211Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2020 4Q	20204Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2020 3Q	20203Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2020 2Q	20202Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2020 1Q	20201Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2019 4Q	20194Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2019 3Q	20193Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2019 2Q	20192Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2019 1Q	20191Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018 4Q	20184Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018 3Q	20183Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018 2Q	20182Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018 1Q	20181Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2017 4Q	20174Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2017 3Q	20173Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2017 2Q	20172Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2017 1Q	20171Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2016 4Q	20164Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2016 3Q	20163Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2016 2Q	20162Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2016 1Q	20161Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2015 4Q	20154Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2015 3Q	20153Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2015 2Q	20152Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2015 1Q	20151Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2014 4Q	20144Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2014 3Q	20143Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2014 2Q	20142Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2014 1Q	20141Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2013 4Q	20134Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2013 3Q	20133Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2013 2Q	20132Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2013 1Q	20131Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2012 4Q	20124Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2012 3Q	20123Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2012 2Q	20122Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2012 1Q	20121Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2011 4Q	20114Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2011 3Q	20113Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2011 2Q	20112Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2011 1Q	20111Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2010 4Q	20104Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2010 3Q	20103Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2010 2Q	20102Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2010 1Q	20101Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2009 4Q	20094Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2009 3Q	20093Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2009 2Q	20092Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2009 1Q	20091Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2008 4Q	20084Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2008 3Q	20083Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2008 2Q	20082Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2008 1Q	20081Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2007 4Q	20074Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2007 3Q	20073Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2007 2Q	20072Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2007 1Q	20071Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2006 4Q	20064Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2006 3Q	20063Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2006 2Q	20062Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2006 1Q	20061Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2005 4Q	20054Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2005 3Q	20053Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2005 2Q	20052Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2005 1Q	20051Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2004 4Q	20044Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2004 3Q	20043Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2004 2Q	20042Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2004 1Q	20041Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2003 4Q	20034Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2003 3Q	20033Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2003 2Q	20032Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2003 1Q	20031Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2002 4Q	20024Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2002 3Q	20023Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2002 2Q	20022Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2002 1Q	20021Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2001 4Q	20014Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2001 3Q	20013Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2001 2Q	20012Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2001 1Q	20011Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2000 4Q	20004Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2000 3Q	20003Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2000 2Q	20002Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2000 1Q	20001Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1999 4Q	19994Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1999 3Q	19993Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1999 2Q	19992Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1999 1Q	19991Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1998 4Q	19984Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1998 3Q	19983Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1998 2Q	19982Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1998 1Q	19981Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1997 4Q	19974Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1997 3Q	19973Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1997 2Q	19972Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1997 1Q	19971Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1996 4Q	19964Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1996 3Q	19963Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1996 2Q	19962Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1996 1Q	19961Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1995 4Q	19954Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1995 3Q	19953Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1995 2Q	19952Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1995 1Q	19951Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1994 4Q	19944Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1994 3Q	19943Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1994 2Q	19942Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1994 1Q	19941Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1993 4Q	19934Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1993 3Q	19933Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1993 2Q	19932Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1993 1Q	19931Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1992 4Q	19924Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1992 3Q	19923Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1992 2Q	19922Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1992 1Q	19921Q	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b0da22a41f952764376a2b7b5b0f2533"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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