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Economy

Government Employees In The Public Service (End Of Period), Annual

Data from Jan 2001 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 12 Jun 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

Data Last Updated: 11/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data exclude Daily-Rated Employees.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M182831

Data explorer

GovernmentEmployeesInThePublicServiceEndOfPeriodAnnual.csv (3 rows, 807 B)

Data Series
Text
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
Numeric
2019
Numeric
2018
Numeric
2017
Numeric
2016
Numeric
2015
Numeric
2014
Numeric
2013
Numeric
2012
Numeric
2011
Numeric
2010
Numeric
2009
Numeric
2008
Numeric
2007
Numeric
2006
Numeric
2005
Text
2004
Text
2003
Text
2002
Text
2001
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)100.0%
(Null)100.0%
(Null)100.0%
(Null)100.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total Government Employees In The Public Service152391151184152802153120146592145622145218144980143183140865138720136027131228127279124191116610111682109907----121314
Ministries And Organs Of State861148654987283863258523384953846268439383713822918150880210775407583674201678146583264539----61032
Statutory Boards662776463565519667956135960669605926058759470585745721255817536885144349990487964585045368----60282

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextNumber-
20232023NumericNumber-
20222022NumericNumber-
20212021NumericNumber-
20202020NumericNumber-
20192019NumericNumber-
20182018NumericNumber-
20172017NumericNumber-
20162016NumericNumber-
20152015NumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ded51ba4680464b706b95069018ffcac"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Government Employees In The Public Service (End Of Period), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 29, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ded51ba4680464b706b95069018ffcac/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)