Foreign workforce numbers

Pass type	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024
Employment Pass (EP)	193,700	177,100	161,700	187,300	205,400	202,100
S Pass	200,000	174,000	161,800	177,900	178,500	178,200
Work Permit (Total)	999,000	848,200	849,700	1,033,500	1,113,000	1,165,900
Work Permit (MDW)	261,800	247,400	246,300	268,500	286,300	301,600
Work Permit (CMP sectors)	370,100	311,100	318,500	415,000	441,100	456,800
Other work passes²	34,700	32,200	27,200	25,400	28,500	30,400
Total foreign workforce	1,427,400	1,231,500	1,200,400	1,424,200	1,525,500	1,576,500
Total foreign workforce (excluding MDWs)	1,165,600	984,100	954,100	1,155,700	1,239,200	1,274,900
Total foreign workforce (excluding MDWs and Work Permits in CMP sectors)	795,500	673,000	635,700	740,700	798,000	818,100

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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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