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 |