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Sport & Exercise Participation Level – By Age Groups

Data from Jan 2019 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 17 Apr 2026, 16:58 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 segmented by age groups, revealing participation trends across different life stages.

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 explorer

SportExerciseParticipationLevelByAgeGroups.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

Column legend

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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Sample OpenAPI query

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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())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Sport Singapore. (2026). Sport & Exercise Participation Level – By Age Groups (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 8, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e5d16d7732e8c33b326f56ccbbc6cc68/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)