Labour Force

Last updated: 30 January 2009

Mid-Year
1998
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2007^a
2008
Labour Force ('000)
2,187.9
2,208.7
2,330.5
2,320.6
2,312.3
2,341.9
2,594.1
2,750.5
2,710.3
2,939.9

Source: Labour Force Survey

Time Series Data

· Number of economically active persons aged fifteen years and over (xls, 18 kb)

· Economically active residents by highest qualification attained and sex (xls, 22 kb)

Statistical Charts

Notes:

Data are for mid-year.
Data for 1995, 2000 and 2005 are not available as the June Labour Force Survey was not conducted in these years due to conduct of the General Household Survey 1995 & 2005 and the Census of Population 2000 by the Department of Statistics. Please refer to the website at http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/pubn.html for findings from these sources.
To facilitate comparison with 2008, the 2007 Labour Force Survey (LFS) data have been adjusted based on Singapore Department of Statistics' revised population estimates (released in February 2008) which exclude Singapore residents who have been away from Singapore for a continuous period of 12 months or longer. Adjusted data for 2007 are denoted by the symbol^a .

Explanatory Notes

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