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Trade Unions And Membership, (At End Of Period), Annual

Description

Annual series on the number of registered trade unions in Singapore and their membership at end of period, sourced from the Ministry of Manpower and covering 2012 to 2025. The CSV is in wide format with one column per year against each data series row. Industrial relations researchers track union coverage and density trends, which also support reporting on SDG indicator 8.8.2. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M180081.

Official description

Source: MINISTRY OF MANPOWER Data Last Updated: 06/07/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 8.8.2. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M180081

Last updated
Coverage
2012-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
4
Columns
15

Chart

Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Unions For Employee Class 61.000000 61.000000 61.000000 61.000000 61.000000 62.000000 63.000000 63.000000 61.000000 63.000000 64.000000 65.000000 64.000000 66.000000
Members For Employee Class 835115.000000 829395.000000 813181.000000 799947.000000 785456.000000 781547.000000 785643.000000 762807.000000 755217.000000 740750.000000 718723.000000 686676.000000 655126.000000 613418.000000
Unions For Employer Class 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000
Members For Employer Class 4121.000000 3986.000000 3687.000000 3619.000000 3501.000000 3564.000000 3631.000000 3490.000000 3570.000000 3489.000000 3365.000000 3300.000000 3074.000000 2288.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2025 Numeric No
2024 Numeric No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No