Unemployment rate: Singapore
2.818% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.818 |
| 2024 | 2.737 |
| 2023 | 3.444 |
| 2022 | 3.591 |
| 2021 | 4.64 |
| 2020 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 3.613 |
| 2017 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | 4.08 |
| 2015 | 3.79 |
| 2014 | 3.74 |
| 2013 | 3.86 |
| 2012 | 3.72 |
| 2011 | 3.89 |
| 2010 | 4.12 |
| 2009 | 5.86 |
| 2008 | 3.96 |
| 2007 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 5.59 |
| 2004 | 5.84 |
| 2003 | 5.93 |
| 2002 | 5.65 |
| 2001 | 3.76 |
| 2000 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 4.85 |
| 1998 | 3.41 |
| 1997 | 2.5 |
| 1996 | 3.57 |
| 1995 | 3.3 |
| 1994 | 3.03 |
| 1993 | 3.07 |
| 1992 | 3.09 |
| 1991 | 2.18 |