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Economy

Government Employees In The Public Service (End Of Period), Annual

Data from Jan 2001 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 12 Dec 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

Data Last Updated: 22/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M182831

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ded51ba4680464b706b95069018ffcac"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Government Employees In The Public Service (End Of Period), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 27, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ded51ba4680464b706b95069018ffcac/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Government Employees In The Public Service (End Of Period), Annual

Data from Jan 2001 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 12 Dec 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

Data Last Updated: 22/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M182831

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Data explorer

GovernmentEmployeesInThePublicServiceEndOfPeriodAnnual.csv (11 rows, 2.2 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Text	2001 Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)54.5%	(Null)54.5%
Total Government Employees In The Public Service	154068	152391	151184	152802	153120	146592	145622	145218	144980	143183	140865	138720	136027	131228	127279	124191	116610	111682	109907	121314
Males	72778	71829	71227	72017	72219	68286	67656	67329	67204	66082	64611	63466	62064	59932	58559	57411	53165	52009	na	na
Females	81290	80562	79957	80785	80901	78306	77966	77889	77776	77101	76254	75254	73963	71296	68720	66780	63445	59673	na	na
Ministries And Organs Of State	86731	86114	86549	87283	86325	85233	84953	84626	84393	83713	82291	81508	80210	77540	75836	74201	67814	65832	64539	61032
Males	38290	37874	38253	38606	38120	37495	37364	37138	37087	36653	35659	35162	34584	33461	33034	32427	29363	28686	28232	28019
Females	48441	48240	48296	48677	48205	47738	47589	47488	47306	47060	46632	46346	45626	44079	42802	41774	38451	37146	36307	33013
Statutory Boards	67337	66277	64635	65519	66795	61359	60669	60592	60587	59470	58574	57212	55817	53688	51443	49990	48796	45850	45368	60282
Males	34488	33955	32974	33411	34099	30791	30292	30191	30117	29429	28952	28304	27480	26471	25525	24984	23802	23323	na	na
Females	32849	32322	31661	32108	32696	30568	30377	30401	30470	30041	29622	28908	28337	27217	25918	25006	24994	22527	na	na
Ratio For Proportion Of Male Employees In The Public Service Over Proportion Of Male Residents Aged 20 Years And Above	0.98	0.98	0.97	0.97	0.98	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.95	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.95	0.93	0.95	na	na

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-

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