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Top Sports & Exercise - By Race

Description

Sport Singapore CSV of the top 10 sports and exercises in Singapore segmented by race, with values for each National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS) year from 2019 through 2025. Rows pair a race group with an activity and yearly columns give the figures, offering a view of participation patterns across Singapore's ethnic communities. Sport agencies and community organisations use it to design inclusive programming and to see which activities have broad appeal versus community-specific followings.

Official description

Explore detailed datasets and insights on SportDexSG - Sport Singapore’s digital platform for sharing data across the sport and fitness ecosystem: www.sportdexsg.gov.sg This dataset presents information on the top 10 sports/exercises, segmented by race and categorised by the NSPS year. The data provides insights into sporting preferences and participation patterns across Singapore's diverse ethnic communities. Related Resources: https://go.gov.sg/sportdexsg-topsports

Last updated
Coverage
2019-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
30
Columns
9

Chart

Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Race Activity 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
chinese walkingoutdoor 26.000000 37.000000 36.000000 41.000000 36.000000 33.000000 44.000000
chinese jogging/running 22.000000 28.000000 31.000000 31.000000 27.000000 27.000000 25.000000
chinese swimming 7.000000 7.000000 8.000000 10.000000 9.000000 9.000000 7.000000
chinese calisthenics 3.000000 10.000000 14.000000 15.000000 15.000000 12.000000 7.000000
chinese cycling 5.000000 10.000000 12.000000 11.000000 7.000000 5.000000 6.000000
chinese badminton 4.000000 4.000000 5.000000 6.000000 5.000000 4.000000 5.000000
chinese basketball 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000
chinese weightlifting 1.000000 4.000000 3.000000 4.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000
chinese other workout 5.000000 5.000000 5.000000 7.000000 6.000000 6.000000 2.000000
chinese yoga 2.000000 5.000000 3.000000 4.000000 3.000000 2.000000 2.000000
malay walking 27.000000 36.000000 37.000000 32.000000 33.000000 40.000000 54.000000
malay jogging/running 19.000000 24.000000 24.000000 17.000000 16.000000 18.000000 16.000000
malay calisthenics 1.000000 9.000000 8.000000 14.000000 13.000000 11.000000 9.000000
malay football/soccer 13.000000 5.000000 6.000000 7.000000 10.000000 8.000000 8.000000
malay cycling 7.000000 14.000000 18.000000 11.000000 7.000000 6.000000 8.000000
malay swimming 4.000000 3.000000 3.000000 5.000000 6.000000 7.000000 4.000000
malay weightlifting 2.000000 3.000000 3.000000 2.000000 3.000000 4.000000 4.000000
malay badminton 3.000000 7.000000 4.000000 5.000000 4.000000 4.000000 3.000000
malay treadmill 1.000000 1.000000 2.000000 1.000000 2.000000 2.000000 2.000000
malay other workout 5.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 5.000000 4.000000 2.000000
indian walking 31.000000 45.000000 46.000000 46.000000 36.000000 46.000000 49.000000
indian jogging/running 19.000000 29.000000 28.000000 27.000000 17.000000 18.000000 27.000000
indian cycling 3.000000 10.000000 12.000000 14.000000 6.000000 5.000000 7.000000
indian football/soccer 4.000000 3.000000 5.000000 7.000000 6.000000 5.000000 7.000000
indian calisthenics 3.000000 10.000000 9.000000 18.000000 16.000000 8.000000 5.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Race Text Yes
Activity Text No
2019 Numeric (Percentage) No
2020 Numeric (Percentage) No
2021 Numeric (Percentage) No
2022 Numeric (Percentage) No
2023 Numeric (Percentage) No
2024 Numeric (Percentage) No
2025 Numeric (Percentage) No