Unemployment Rate and Number Data and Other Resources

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Data and Other Resources

Data

The latest unemployment rate and number can be found here.

Data on characteristics of the unemployed, including age, educational attainment and sex are updated in the quarterly Labour Market Report, also accessible via the previous link.

Unemployment data by marital status, duration of unemployment, work experience, previous occupation, previous industry and the main reason for leaving previous job, are available annually in the report on Labour Force in Singapore.

Related Concepts

Seasonal patterns exist in unemployment, making it difficult for us to tell if the change in unemployment is a true reflection of economic conditions. Like most national statistical agencies, we seasonally adjust unemployment data to correct for this.

Non-Seasonally Adjusted Data: Figures that have not been adjusted for seasonal patterns.

Seasonally Adjusted Data: Figures that have been adjusted for seasonal patterns.
Annual Average: Simple averages of the data on non-seasonally adjusted unemployed data obtained at quarterly intervals.

				Non-Seasonally Adjusted Data: Figures that have not been adjusted for seasonal patterns.
				Seasonally Adjusted Data: Figures that have been adjusted for seasonal patterns.
				Annual Average: Simple averages of the data on non-seasonally adjusted unemployed data obtained at quarterly intervals.