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Sport & Exercise Participation Level - Overall

Data from Jan 2019 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 17 Apr 2026, 17:08 SGT

SPORT (Sport Singapore)

Explore detailed insights on SportDexSG - Sport Singapore’s digital platform for sharing data across the sport and fitness ecosystem: www.sportdexsg.gov.sg

Source: National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS). NSPS is a nationwide survey conducted by Sport Singapore to track sport and exercise participation amongst Singapore Residents aged 13+ years, with data collected continuously across the year and with robust annual sample sizes of at least 4,500 and weighted to reflect the population. This data shows sport and exercise participation levels.

Regular Participant: At least 1x per week in a month. Irregular Participant: Less than 1x per week in a month. Inactive: Only sometimes in the past year. Non-Participant: Did not participate in the past year

Related Resources: https://go.gov.sg/sportdexsg-participationlevels

Data explorer

SportExerciseParticipationLevelOverall.csv (7 rows, 175 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Non-Participant
Numeric (Percentage)
Inactive
Numeric (Percentage)
Irregular
Numeric (Percentage)
Regular
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2019217666
20201411769
2021139672
2022156574
2023204373
2024184374
2025126676
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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_b70cb83dddceaee4d2256ffb6512f75a"
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.

Sport Singapore. (2026). Sport & Exercise Participation Level - Overall (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b70cb83dddceaee4d2256ffb6512f75a/view

About this dataset

Contact

SPORT_Research@sport.gov.sg

Created on

02 Apr 2026

Licence

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

Agency

SPORT (Sport Singapore)