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Sport & Exercise Participation Level – By Age Group

SPORT (Sport Singapore)

Explore how actively Singapore residents participate in sports and exercise.

This dataset provides insights into sport and exercise participation among Singapore residents. It shows the proportion of residents who participate regularly, participate occasionally, or do not participate in sports and exercise, with breakdown by age group.

Data from Jan 2019 to Dec 2025

Last updated 5 months ago (17 Apr 2026)

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SportExerciseParticipationLevelByAgeGroup.csv (28 rows, 666 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Age Group Text	Non-Participant Numeric (Percentage)	Inactive Numeric (Percentage)	Irregular Numeric (Percentage)	Regular Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 60+25.0% 13-1925.0% 20-3925.0% 40-5925.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2019	13-19	9	7	8	77
2019	20-39	16	10	10	64
2019	40-59	25	6	5	64
2019	60+	24	6	2	68
2020	13-19	3	13	9	75
2020	20-39	8	13	9	69
2020	40-59	17	11	7	66
2020	60+	21	8	2	69
2021	13-19	4	10	8	79
2021	20-39	8	12	9	70

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	2019 to 2025
Age Group	age	Text	-	The age groups are 13 to 19, 20 to 39, 40 to 59 and 60+ years old.
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_e5d16d7732e8c33b326f56ccbbc6cc68"
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 Age Group

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SportExerciseParticipationLevelByAgeGroup.csv (28 rows, 666 B)

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