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Unemployment rate in Singapore

How hard is it to have a job there?

Singapore's unemployment rate is 2.82 % — #19 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.82%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Singapore over time

5.93 %4.33 %2.74 %5.93 % · 20032.74 % · 20242000: 3.70 %2001: 3.76 %2002: 5.65 %2003: 5.93 %2004: 5.84 %2005: 5.59 %2006: 4.48 %2007: 3.90 %2008: 3.96 %2009: 5.86 %2010: 4.12 %2011: 3.89 %2012: 3.72 %2013: 3.86 %2014: 3.74 %2015: 3.79 %2016: 4.08 %2017: 4.20 %2018: 3.61 %2019: 3.10 %2020: 4.10 %2021: 4.64 %2022: 3.59 %2023: 3.44 %2024: 2.74 %2025: 2.82 %2000201220252.82 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#19 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
85 %
105 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.08 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.11 pp
peak 5.93 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 0.88 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #12 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.44 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Singapore: ahead of 85 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentSingapore 2.82 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Singapore is ahead of 85 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Singapore
17 South Korea2.68 %−0.14 pp
18 Hong Kong2.80 %−0.02 pp
19 Singapore2.82 %—
20 Czech Republic2.83 %+0.01 pp
21 Malta2.90 %+0.08 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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