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Singapore Unemployment Rate

Latest

2.8%

+0.1pp vs prior

2025 · updated 2026-09-07

Unemployment Rate

1991 to 2025

Source: World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · modeled ILO estimate, % of total labour force, annual.

The share of people aged 15 and over who want a job and are actively looking, but can't find one. Singapore's rate is genuinely very low by international standards, that's real, not a data error.