Singapore's unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education) was 4.27% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.43 percentage points from 3.84% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.27% | 2024 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.84% | 2014 |
| Highest | 5.98% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 3.04% | 2012 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.53% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.84% | 2009 |
Since 2009 it is down 0.57 percentage points from 4.84% in 2009. The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Singapore's unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education) rose 0.55 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.72% to 4.27%).
Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was −0.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.79 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.41 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Singapore had the 39th highest value of the 61 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 4.27% | 2024 |
| High income | 6.33% | 2024 |
Closest to Singapore in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
The percentage of the labor force with an intermediate level of education who are unemployed. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.27 |
| 2023 | 3.72 |
| 2022 | 4.45 |
| 2021 | 4.57 |
| 2020 | 5.98 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 4.63 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 4.08 |
Unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education) in nearby economies
- Australia — 4.28% (2024)
- Cambodia — 0.34% (2020)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.06% (2024)
- Indonesia — 5.79% (2023)
- Japan — 3.21% (2020)
- Korea, Rep. — 2.65% (2025)
- Malaysia — 4.08% (2022)
- Mongolia
More social protection & labor data for Singapore
- Net migration — 16,892 (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 3.26% (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 3.29% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 3.22% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 62.51% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 84.91% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 73.63% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Singapore's unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education)?
- 4.27% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is down 0.57 percentage points from 4.84% in 2009. The highest value was 5.98% in 2020 and the lowest 3.04% in 2012.
- How does Singapore rank?
- 39th highest of 61 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in unemployment with intermediate education (% of total labor force with intermediate education) unusual for Singapore?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.INTM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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