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Workers In Manufacturing By Industry, Annual

Data from Jan 1980 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 13 Jun 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Data Last Updated: 22/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: From 2002, figures include establishments with less than 10 workers. Prior to 2002, figures refer to establishments engaging 10 or more workers. Data include all manufacturing establishments. The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020. Year 2024 data are preliminary estimates.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M354871

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WorkersInManufacturingByIndustryAnnual.csv (22 rows, 8.2 KB)

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Printing & Reproduction Of Recorded Media9773982910172105951136011824123471316513831153881574015440158211661817232177751850817977176511753817096183421911218407184471717419114190051893218651181151823017434169541591715432143311315713051131261411213560132701239612079
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f7b0f38068cbb794e2a7e6be4e8c16dc"
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). Workers In Manufacturing By Industry, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 26, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f7b0f38068cbb794e2a7e6be4e8c16dc/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)