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Labor Force Participation Rate for Singapore, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
69.67%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +14.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Singapore was 69.67% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 70.69% in 2021. The lowest was 61.03% in 1990 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.38% per year.
Singapore ranks 30 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Singapore sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
69.67%
First (1990)
61.03%
Change
+14.2%
Highest
70.69%
in 2021
Lowest
61.03%
in 1990
Average
66.38%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.38%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.67% |
| 2024 | 69.2% |
| 2023 | 69.39% |
| 2022 | 69.73% |
| 2021 | 70.69% |
| 2020 | 68.71% |
| 2019 | 68.99% |
| 2018 | 68.58% |
| 2017 | 68.94% |
| 2016 | 69.24% |
| 2015 | 69.53% |
| 2014 | 68.56% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.