“Singapore unemployment rates hold steady at pre-Covid levels in October” (BT, Dec 7)
60,800 unemployed citizens divided by 3.0% unemployment rate = 2,026,667 citizen workforce
67,700 unemployed residents divided by 2.8% unemployment rate = 2,417,857 resident workforce
PRs workforce = 391,190 (2,417,857 – 2,026,667)
77,500 unemployed overall divided by 2.0% unemployment rate = 3,875,000 overall workforce
Foreign workforce = 1,457,143 (3,875,000 – 2,417,857)
(Oct 2022 seasonally adjusted)
https://stats.mom.gov.sg/Pages/UnemploymentTimeSeries.aspx
(Note: The above estimates are derived from the respective unemployment rates & the No. of unemployed)
Breakdown of total workforce (est.):
37.6% foreign (1,457,143)
10.1% PRs (391,190)
52.3% citizens (2,026,667)
47.7% (est.) non-S’porean (foreigners + PRs)
6.8% (est.) (13% x 52.3%) (13% citizen workforce not born in S’pore)
(Parliamentary debate, Jul 2021)
0.5% (est.) (est.1% x 52.3%) (est. 1% citizen workforce born in S’pore as non-citizens) (6,959 non-citizen births in 2021 (38,672 total live-births – 34,183 resident live-births – 31,713 citizen births))
https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810091
55% (est.) (37.6 + 10.1 + 6.8 + 0.5%) (non-native citizens in workforce (including citizens not born in S’pore & citizens born in S’pore as non-citizens))