Number of Long-Term Unemployed Residents, Annual
MOM publishes annual averages of long-term unemployed residents in Singapore—citizens and permanent residents jobless for at least twenty-five weeks. Series methodology averages non-seasonally adjusted quarterly Labour Force Survey estimates from 1992 through 2022, with gaps where duration was not collected in Census 2000. Labour market researchers can track persistence of unemployment after downturns. Selected June benchmarks come from General Household Surveys conducted by the Department of Statistics.
Official description
* Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. * Long-term unemployed refers to persons aged fifteen years and over who have been unemployed for at least 25 weeks. * Annual figures are the simple averages of the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment figures obtained at quarterly intervals. * Annual average data for 2000 are not available as data on duration of unemployment was not collected in the Population Census 2000 (June). Source: Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM, except data for June 1995, and June 2005, which are from the General Household Surveys 1995 & 2005 conducted by Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry.
- Published by
- Ministry of Manpower
- Update frequency
- annual
- Datasets
- 0