Job Vacancy to Unemployed Person Ratio, Quarterly
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) publishes quarterly estimates of the job vacancy to unemployed person ratio for Singapore’s whole economy from 2002 through 2023. The indicator compares Labour Market Survey vacancy estimates—scaled to include smaller firms—with unemployed counts from the Labour Force Survey. Labour economists and workforce planners use it to gauge hiring tightness relative to job seekers. Explore this collection when analysing MOM labour market releases even if member datasets are not separately listed on the portal.
Official description
Source: Labour Market Survey & Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Job Vacancies to Unemployed Ratio is calculated by taking the ratio of the estimates of the total number of job vacancies for the whole economy to the total number of unemployed persons. The job vacancies for the whole economy is estimated based on the assumption that private sector establishments with less than 25 employees have the same vacancy rate as private establishments with at least 25 employees. Estimates on the total number of unemployed person are obtained from the Labour Force Survey.
- Published by
- Ministry of Manpower
- Update frequency
- quarterly
- Datasets
- 0