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Collection: Foreign Workforce Numbers, Annual

Dataset: Foreign Workforce Excluding Foreign Domestic Workers

Economy

Foreign Workforce Excluding Foreign Domestic Workers

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Data from Dec 2017 to Dec 2022

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Data explorer

ForeignWorkforceExcludingForeignDomesticWorkers.csv (6 rows, 121 B)

Month
Month (YYYY-MM)
Count
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2017-121,121,300
2018-121,132,200
2019-121,165,600
2020-12984,100
2021-12954100
2022-121155700
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f757d4b9db7c8977def084f0a51a46b5"
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.

Ministry of Manpower. (2019). Foreign Workforce Excluding Foreign Domestic Workers (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f757d4b9db7c8977def084f0a51a46b5/view

About this dataset

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Created on

16 Jul 2019

Licence

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

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)