Employment
In 2005, the unemployment rate is 2.5%, the lowest in the last four years, with a labour force of 2.3 million people.
| Year | Labour Force | Unemployment rate |
Labour force participation rate | CPF contributors in labour force |
Union members among employed |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Males | Females | |||||
| Thousand | Percent | ||||||
| 1994 | 1,693.1 | 1.9 | 64.9 | 79.6 | 50.9 | 67.3 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 1,976.0 | 3.6 | 64.7 | 77.8 | 52.7 | 62.0 | 15.4 |
| 2000 | 2,192.2 | 3.5 | 68.6 | 81.1 | 55.5 | 58.1 | 15.0 |
| 2001 | 2,119.7 | 2.7 | 65.4 | 77.8 | 54.3 | 59.9 | 16.5 |
| 2002 | 2,128.5 | 4.2 | 64.7 | 77.2 | 53.4 | 60.3 | 19.3 |
| 2003 | 2,150.1 | 4.4 | 64.2 | 75.8 | 53.9 | 59.7 | 20.5 |
| 2004 | 2,183.3 | 4.3 | 64.2 | 75.6 | 54.2 | 60.7 | 21.5 |
| 2005 | 2,317.4 | 2.5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Unemployment rates were seasonally adjusted. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics.
Note: Based on persons aged 15 years and over.
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