Labour force participation in Singapore
The ILO estimates that 69.7% of people aged 15 and over in Singapore were in the labour force in 2025.
Singapore, 2025
69.7%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
29th of 181
Labour force participation in Singapore over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.7% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 69.2% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 69.4% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 69.7% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 70.7% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 68.7% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 69.0% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 68.6% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 68.9% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 69.2% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 69.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 69.5%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Singapore has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Singapore
All statistics for Singapore
Women's labour force participation
63.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
67.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
6.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
0.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
14.0%
2025 · World Bank