Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Singapore
Singapore: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0256 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Singapore, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Singapore is 0.0256 units per person, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Singapore peaked at 0.0265 units per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0237 units per person, in 2005.
Singapore ranks 9th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Singapore, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0237 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0245 units per person | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0247 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0251 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0247 units per person | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0256 units per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0256 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0257 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0256 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0254 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0258 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0256 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0258 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0256 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0261 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0244 units per person | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0264 units per person | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0265 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0258 units per person | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0256 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.0256 units per person | +0.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0.0256 units per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0166 units per person, 1.5× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 0.0256 units per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0181 units per person, 1.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0245 units per person | 0.0237 units per person | 0.0251 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0257 units per person | 0.0254 units per person | 0.0261 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0257 units per person | 0.0244 units per person | 0.0265 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More work & labour data for Singapore
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.967 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9557 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.9779 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1059 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,575 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,077 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,086 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 4,163 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per unit 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Singapore?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Singapore was 0.0256 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0265 units per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0237 units per person in 2005.
- How does Singapore rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Singapore ranks 9th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.