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Collection: Public Service Staff Strength (Civil Service & Statutory Board)

Dataset: Staff Strength by Tenure

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Staff Strength by Tenure

PSD (Public Service Division)

Data consists of both Civil Service (CS) and Statutory Board (SB).

Statutory Board data not available prior to 2012.

Data from 2010 to 2025

Last updated 1 month ago (24 Jul 2026)

Chart (Civil Service)

Data explorer

StaffStrengthbyTenure.csv (120 rows, 6.7 KB)

Tenure
Text
Executive Level
Text
Public Service Sector
Text
Year
Year (YYYY)
Staff Strength
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
Contract50.0%
Permanent50.0%
(Null)0.0%
Junior Executive50.0%
Senior Executive & above50.0%
(Null)0.0%
Civil Service53.3%
Statutory Board46.7%
(Null)0.0%
20126.7%
20136.7%
20146.7%
20156.7%
(Null)0.0%
ContractJunior ExecutiveCivil Service20254337
ContractJunior ExecutiveStatutory Board20253602
ContractSenior Executive & aboveCivil Service20256303
ContractSenior Executive & aboveStatutory Board202515168
PermanentJunior ExecutiveCivil Service202521644
PermanentJunior ExecutiveStatutory Board20256036
PermanentSenior Executive & aboveCivil Service202556380
PermanentSenior Executive & aboveStatutory Board202544527
ContractJunior ExecutiveCivil Service20244350
ContractJunior ExecutiveStatutory Board20243745
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f2fe439c65973019edcb4f79b9644eed"
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.

Public Service Division. (2017). Staff Strength by Tenure (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f2fe439c65973019edcb4f79b9644eed/view

About this dataset

Contact

data_office@psd.gov.sg

Created on

21 Jun 2017

Licence

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

Agency

PSD (Public Service Division)