Usual Hours Worked Per Week And Percentage Of Workers Who Worked At Least 40 Hours Per Week, Annual

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Data from Jan 2010 to Dec 2023Last updated: 24 Oct 2024, 15:10 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER

Data Last Updated: 25/03/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 1. Usual hours worked refers to the number of hours that a person usually works in a typical week, regardless of whether he is paid or not. 2. Data are for June of reference year. 3. Data exclude full-time National Servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M184091

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UsualHoursWorkedPerWeekAndPercentageOfWorkersWhoWorkedAtLeast40HoursPerWeekAnnual.csv (2 rows, 409 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
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Mean Usual Hours Worked Per Week	41.9	42.2	42.4	42.8	42.9	43	43.2	43.4	44.2	44.3	45.3	45.6	45.9	46.6
Percentage Of Workers Who Usually Worked At Least 40 Hours Per Week	83.8	83.2	83.5	82.9	83.6	83.6	84.3	84.7	84.8	85.6	87.1	87.4	87.3	88.3

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Hours	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Hours	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Hours	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Hours	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Hours	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Hours	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Hours	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Hours	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Hours	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Hours	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_df573e15bee404c564cae8f1d1af2f89"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Usual Hours Worked Per Week And Percentage Of Workers Who Worked At Least 40 Hours Per Week, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 31, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_df573e15bee404c564cae8f1d1af2f89/view

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