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Unit Labour Cost Index (2015 = 100), Annual

Description

Annual Unit Labour Cost Index (2015 = 100) for Singapore from 1980 through 2025, with industries classified under SSIC 2020, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Economists track competitiveness and wage–productivity dynamics; methodology notes are on the SingStat labour productivity theme pages.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 10/02/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: The industries are classified according to SSIC 2020. For more information on ULCI methodologies, please visit Singstat website (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/economy-prices/labour-employment-wages-and-productivity/related-information) to view and download related publications. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M183761

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Coverage
1980-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
26
Columns
47

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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 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
Unit Labour Cost Of Overall Economy 119.100000 119.100000 117.600000 110.400000 101.200000 96.000000 104.300000 101.500000 100.800000 101.500000 100.000000 97.500000 94.600000 93.400000 91.000000 89.600000 92.500000 92.300000 89.900000 85.100000 83.900000 83.6 87.6 90.7 94.2 89.9 88.4 94.8 90.6 90.1 88.1 85.6 83.9 83.8 81 76 71.8 67.1 65.5 69.4 76.2 76.2 74 69.1 60.6 55.5
Unit Labour Cost Of Goods Producing Industries 93.300000 95.000000 93.800000 84.000000 74.800000 72.100000 90.100000 86.400000 91.000000 98.200000 100.000000 94.700000 91.100000 85.800000 81.200000 81.500000 92.100000 96.100000 86.000000 82.900000 85.300000 87.8 95.2 99.2 108.6 97.3 101.5 116.2 116.8 114.4 110.7 111.2 114.2 116.2 110.6 103.7 97.5 89.3 87.9 91.4 102.2 101.8 96.9 92.1 79.3 71.1
Unit Labour Cost Of Manufacturing 80.500000 84.100000 84.400000 76.800000 70.200000 69.700000 88.500000 84.100000 87.900000 95.700000 100.000000 94.100000 91.200000 88.600000 85.400000 87.300000 103.800000 108.800000 96.600000 93.100000 95.800000 98.6 107.7 112.2 124.1 105.5 108.8 128.6 130.1 128.8 126 127.9 131.7 135.4 126.7 119.3 110.3 101.3 97.7 103.5 121.4 114.1 107.3 103.4 90 83.4
Unit Labour Cost Of Construction 141.700000 137.700000 133.700000 127.500000 114.200000 119.300000 101.500000 99.600000 104.000000 104.300000 100.000000 99.600000 97.100000 86.500000 81.700000 77.600000 74.500000 81.700000 84.100000 88.500000 89.500000 87.1 86.1 85.9 83.6 87.8 90.1 91.2 90.2 88.1 85.9 83.7 88.2 87.7 90.7 86.5 84 74.1 72.3 66.3 63.1 67.6 66.3 64.2 60.1 51
Unit Labour Cost Of Utilities 133.200000 129.800000 129.300000 121.500000 114.100000 108.900000 107.900000 108.800000 104.100000 100.500000 100.000000 95.500000 90.000000 81.200000 76.800000 75.000000 73.200000 78.900000 73.800000 66.500000 68.300000 73.9 76.7 71.6 76.3 75.1 67.9 65 71.6 69.6 75.1 79.1 74 72.3 73.6 73.9 75.7 74.7 72.4 81.8 97.2 93.5 92 95.3 79.9 75.4
Unit Labour Cost Of Other Goods Industries 131.500000 120.000000 117.600000 115.300000 99.300000 87.100000 105.400000 108.200000 106.900000 105.400000 100.000000 96.800000 95.400000 99.000000 99.700000 100.100000 97.800000 102.000000 93.000000 87.300000 90.300000 93.1 91.7 89.4 78.5 70.4 72.1 75.8 71.1 68.7 67.1 63.9 59.6 60 49.8 49.5 53.5 48.9 49.3 52.9 65.3 63.2 61.1 52.2 37.9 31.8
Unit Labour Cost Of Services Producing Industries 127.300000 126.600000 125.200000 119.200000 110.300000 104.100000 108.900000 106.500000 104.000000 102.500000 100.000000 98.500000 95.900000 96.400000 94.900000 93.100000 93.200000 91.600000 92.100000 87.200000 84.800000 83.6 86.9 90.3 91.9 90.7 87 90.3 83.5 84 82.9 79.3 76.1 75.6 74 69.5 66.2 62.7 61.1 65.4 70.7 70.2 68.4 62.6 55.7 51.4
Unit Labour Cost Of Wholesale & Retail Trade 111.400000 113.800000 111.900000 104.000000 99.300000 94.700000 106.600000 105.800000 104.700000 104.000000 100.000000 98.400000 97.100000 98.800000 101.200000 100.100000 108.600000 109.000000 106.000000 98.600000 98.400000 99.2 115.8 125.3 128.7 121.4 129.8 148.6 134.7 136.9 129.6 131.4 135 143.7 122.2 114.1 103.5 96.3 98.2 103.7 115.3 107.4 110.1 100.8 86.3 71.4
Unit Labour Cost Of Wholesale Trade 109.300000 112.400000 111.100000 103.700000 100.400000 96.200000 106.500000 106.300000 105.300000 104.500000 100.000000 98.300000 97.900000 100.400000 103.600000 103.200000 114.200000 115.000000 113.100000 104.000000 103.900000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Retail Trade 142.600000 137.100000 126.900000 117.300000 105.500000 99.600000 110.200000 104.100000 101.800000 100.800000 100.000000 100.100000 93.600000 89.700000 86.800000 81.000000 74.500000 72.600000 65.300000 64.100000 62.700000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Transportation & Storage 124.000000 122.400000 124.600000 118.600000 103.500000 103.700000 109.200000 107.200000 101.900000 103.600000 100.000000 98.000000 92.800000 90.500000 87.300000 85.300000 84.400000 75.300000 76.800000 77.000000 75.400000 74.5 80.7 78.1 78.8 80.9 77.3 83.5 82.6 82.7 83.7 80.3 74.7 73.2 73.6 66.9 64.3 57 57.5 56.3 61.6 59.3 65.1 63.2 59.5 58.9
Unit Labour Cost Of Accommodation & Food Services 138.500000 134.400000 126.700000 119.800000 102.000000 95.000000 108.300000 106.600000 104.600000 102.100000 100.000000 95.900000 93.000000 90.800000 86.800000 86.000000 83.100000 81.500000 74.900000 70.900000 71.300000 76.9 82.5 75.4 75.4 70 74.6 79.3 73.3 71 67.1 64.1 61.5 59.7 59.8 57.5 52 51.2 54.1 58.2 60.9 58.4 51.2 37.2 28.3 20.9
Unit Labour Cost Of Accommodation 131.900000 127.600000 121.500000 117.400000 92.500000 92.000000 100.200000 99.400000 98.300000 98.600000 100.000000 94.900000 89.600000 86.800000 82.300000 83.800000 78.100000 85.300000 74.400000 71.300000 70.100000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Food & Beverage Services 144.600000 139.300000 129.400000 119.900000 105.000000 95.900000 113.200000 111.300000 108.100000 103.900000 100.000000 96.600000 95.000000 93.800000 91.600000 88.600000 85.800000 80.100000 76.700000 72.200000 73.700000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Information & Communications 111.500000 115.600000 126.900000 133.000000 116.000000 107.400000 111.900000 112.100000 108.500000 103.100000 100.000000 93.500000 90.500000 92.400000 90.300000 88.500000 81.400000 80.900000 78.200000 74.100000 71.600000 65.4 66.5 70.6 72.3 71.8 59.9 64.7 68.4 71.4 63.7 59.1 59.5 61.9 73.3 73.3 83.5 78.7 81.5 86.7 104.6 110.6 108.5 103.5 93.6 100
Unit Labour Cost Of Finance & Insurance 109.400000 108.100000 108.100000 102.100000 91.900000 89.300000 97.800000 99.000000 99.000000 101.000000 100.000000 101.000000 100.800000 112.100000 111.700000 108.200000 105.100000 102.700000 114.200000 103.500000 100.000000 88.3 85.6 96 95.3 101.8 92.8 88.7 68.6 67.9 65.9 59.4 52.8 49.1 51.2 49 51.1 50.5 45.8 51.9 54.6 62.9 56.7 52.3 43.4 46.8
Unit Labour Cost Of Real Estate, Professional Services And Administrative & Support Services 163.100000 158.600000 152.400000 142.100000 135.200000 122.000000 118.100000 107.900000 103.600000 100.700000 100.000000 101.400000 97.800000 96.400000 92.300000 92.100000 89.900000 92.600000 94.300000 91.000000 82.600000 81.3 78.5 78.7 85.1 85 75.8 70.2 66.4 65.7 66.9 60 57.2 52.2 51.3 45.7 38 36 35.2 39.1 40.4 43.5 36.7 32 33 28.3
Unit Labour Cost Of Real Estate 105.400000 106.800000 105.400000 105.800000 102.500000 118.400000 121.100000 116.800000 111.500000 101.000000 100.000000 93.500000 81.000000 86.300000 84.600000 80.200000 75.000000 80.800000 93.300000 87.400000 78.000000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Professional Services 145.800000 141.100000 135.700000 126.200000 119.400000 106.800000 104.900000 106.800000 102.700000 104.300000 100.000000 101.200000 97.200000 90.000000 87.400000 84.200000 81.500000 83.200000 79.800000 76.800000 72.400000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Administrative & Support Services 224.400000 213.200000 199.400000 177.100000 169.500000 130.100000 125.800000 98.000000 94.800000 91.800000 100.000000 108.900000 111.900000 116.300000 107.900000 118.700000 114.500000 112.300000 121.600000 123.100000 106.800000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Other Services Industries 136.500000 133.200000 126.900000 124.500000 120.000000 111.000000 108.600000 108.500000 105.700000 102.800000 100.000000 95.700000 92.400000 87.200000 84.600000 81.400000 81.700000 82.400000 79.900000 75.000000 74.000000 75.2 74 74.4 74.4 72.8 70.2 73.5 72.8 72.6 73 72.1 68.5 67.9 67 64.8 62.4 58.3 54.4 56.7 62.2 58.1 55.4 52.3 46.3 41.9
Unit Labour Cost Of Public Administration & Defence 138.200000 130.300000 122.600000 119.200000 113.800000 105.400000 111.700000 111.200000 108.900000 103.400000 100.000000 95.400000 91.400000 82.600000 84.100000 76.700000 69.300000 74.700000 73.700000 68.500000 65.200000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Education 120.200000 118.900000 117.600000 115.200000 111.200000 104.700000 107.500000 110.000000 107.200000 101.700000 100.000000 98.900000 96.600000 92.100000 91.700000 86.900000 82.600000 83.900000 82.300000 77.500000 77.400000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Health & Social Services 147.600000 143.600000 133.000000 126.400000 118.500000 105.700000 108.400000 105.000000 101.800000 99.500000 100.000000 95.900000 90.700000 88.600000 81.900000 78.400000 74.200000 68.600000 65.000000 61.100000 60.600000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Unit Labour Cost Of Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 129.500000 136.000000 128.200000 135.100000 132.800000 139.700000 92.300000 96.200000 95.300000 108.900000 100.000000 88.600000 86.800000 78.800000 68.500000 75.300000 108.200000 113.000000 104.300000 92.300000 95.000000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

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 Yes
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No
2005 Numeric No
2004 Text No
2003 Text No
2002 Text No
2001 Text No
2000 Text No
1999 Text No
1998 Text No
1997 Text No
1996 Text No
1995 Text No
1994 Text No
1993 Text No
1992 Text No
1991 Text No
1990 Text No
1989 Text No
1988 Text No
1987 Text No
1986 Text No
1985 Text No
1984 Text No
1983 Text No
1982 Text No
1981 Text No
1980 Text No