Foreign workforce numbers

Total foreign workforce	1,231,500	1,200,400	1,424,200	1,525,500	1,576,500	1,593,400
Pass type	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Jun 2025
Employment Pass (EP)	177,100	161,700	187,300	205,400	202,100	201,200
S Pass	174,000	161,800	177,900	178,500	178,200	177,600
Work Permit (Total)	848,200	849,700	1,033,500	1,113,000	1,165,900	1,182,500
Work Permit (MDW)	247,400	246,300	268,500	286,300	301,600	308,700
Work Permit (CMP sectors)	311,100	318,500	415,000	441,100	456,800	460,300
Other work passes²	32,200	27,200	25,400	28,500	30,400	32,100
Total foreign workforce (excluding MDWs)	984,100	954,100	1,155,700	1,239,200	1,274,900	1,284,700
Total foreign workforce (excluding MDWs and Work Permits in CMP sectors)	673,000	635,700	740,700	798,000	818,100	824,400

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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.

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