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Sport & Exercise Participation Level – By Sex

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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 segmented by sex, providing insights into participation patterns between male and female residents.

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

Data from Jan 2019 to Dec 2025

Last updated 4 months ago (17 Apr 2026)

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SportExerciseParticipationLevelBySex.csv (14 rows, 376 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Sex Text	Non-Participant Numeric (Percentage)	Inactive Numeric (Percentage)	Irregular Numeric (Percentage)	Regular Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% male50.0% female50.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2019	female	22	6	5	66
2019	male	20	8	7	65
2020	female	15	11	7	67
2020	male	12	11	7	70
2021	female	14	9	6	71
2021	male	11	9	6	74
2022	female	17	6	5	72
2022	male	14	5	5	76
2023	female	21	5	3	71
2023	male	19	3	3	75

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	2019 to 2025
Sex	sex	Text	-	Sex of respondent. The sex is Male or Female.
Non-Participant	didnotparticipatepastyear	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Those who did not participate in sports or exercises in the past 12 months
Inactive	inactive	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Those who did not participate in sports or exercises in the past 4 weeks
Irregular	irregular	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Those who participated in sports or exercises less than once a week
Regular	regular	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Those who participated in sports or exercises at least once a week

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d5f3b7a8f6425771b81e97bc62c34bf9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Sport & Exercise Participation Level – By Sex

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SportExerciseParticipationLevelBySex.csv (14 rows, 376 B)

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