Job Vacancy to Unemployed Person Ratio - Annual
What this data shows
Published by Ministry of Manpower. 28 records. Fields include Year, Jv To Ue (2 columns in total). Covers 1998-01-01 to 2025-01-01. Last updated 2026-03-23.
Description
Ministry of Manpower Labour Market Survey CSV of Singapore's seasonally adjusted job vacancy to unemployed person ratio, annually from 1998 through 2025. A ratio above one means vacancies outnumber jobseekers, pointing to a tight labour market. Coverage spans private establishments with at least 25 employees and, from 2006, the public sector. Labour economists and policymakers track this annual gauge of labour demand relative to unemployment over more than two decades.
Official description
Data are seasonally adjusted. Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 1998-01-01 – 2025-01-01
- Rows
- 28
- Columns
- 2
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
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| Year | Jv To Ue |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.730000 |
| 1999 | 0.650000 |
| 2000 | 0.940000 |
| 2001 | 0.550000 |
| 2002 | 0.360000 |
| 2003 | 0.270000 |
| 2004 | 0.400000 |
| 2005 | 0.470000 |
| 2006 | 0.660000 |
| 2007 | 1.120000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Year (YYYY) | No |
| Jv To Ue | Numeric | No |