| Pass type |
Dec 2018 |
Dec 2019 |
Dec 2020 |
Dec 2021 |
Dec 2022 |
Dec 2023 |
| Employment Pass (EP) |
185,800 |
193,700 |
177,100 |
161,700 |
187,300 |
205,400 |
| S Pass |
195,500 |
200,000 |
174,000 |
161,800 |
177,900 |
178,500 |
| Work Permit (Total) |
972,600 |
999,000 |
848,200 |
849,700 |
1,033,500 |
1,113,000 |
|
|
253,800 |
261,800 |
247,400 |
246,300 |
268,500 |
286,300 |
- Work Permit (CMP sectors)
|
355,700 |
370,100 |
311,100 |
318,500 |
415,000 |
441,100 |
| Other work passes2 |
32,100 |
34,700 |
32,200 |
27,200 |
25,400 |
28,500 |
| Total foreign workforce |
1,386,000 |
1,427,400 |
1,231,500 |
1,200,400 |
1,424,200 |
1,525,500 |
Total foreign workforce
(excluding MDWs)
|
1,132,200 |
1,165,600 |
984,100 |
954,100 |
1,155,700 |
1,239,200 |
Total foreign workforce
(excluding MDWs and Work Permits in CMP sectors)
|
776,400 |
795,500 |
673,000 |
635,700 |
740,700 |
798,000 |
You can download the Foreign Workforce Numbers file.
- Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
- “Other work passes” includes Letter of Consent (LOC), pre-approved LOC, Training Work Permit (TWP) and Training Employment Pass (TEP).
- Data are revised at the industry level to reflect updates in industry classification of firms based on the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020.