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Median Duration of Unemployment of Residents Aged 15 Years & Over

Data from Jan 1991 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 27 Mar 2026, 18:45 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)
  1. Reference month of June
  2. Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
  3. Data for 1995, 2000 and 2005 are not available as the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey was not conducted in these years due to the conduct of the Population Census 2000 and General Household Surveys 1995 and 2005 by the Singapore Department of Statistics.
  4. 2007 data have been adjusted based on latest revised population estimates from the Singapore Department of Statistics to facilitate comparisons with 2008 onwards.

Source: Comprehensive Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

Data explorer

MedianDurationofUnemploymentofResidentsAged15YearsOver.csv (32 rows, 289 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Median Duration Of Unemployment
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
46.3%
69.4%
862.5%
1215.6%
19918
19926
19936
19944
19964
19978
19988
199912
20018
200212
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b62ae2e0fb4d8a0a01a2468bd0090f1b"
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). Median Duration of Unemployment of Residents Aged 15 Years & Over (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 29, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b62ae2e0fb4d8a0a01a2468bd0090f1b/view

About this dataset

Contact

brian_pang@mom.gov.sgng_mun_yi@mom.gov.sg

Created on

27 Mar 2026

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)