Foreigners Working in Singapore

Ms Mary Liew asked the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the current number of foreigners working in Singapore; (b) what is the breakdown of their nationalities; and (c) which are the top 10 sectors that employ the most number of foreigners.

Mr Tan Chuan-Jin: As of December 2013, there were 1,321,600 foreigners working in Singapore. Excluding foreign domestic workers, there were 1,107,100 foreigners employed across different sectors in Singapore. Data on breakdown by nationalities are not publicly available.

The table below provides the list of top 10 sectors that employed the most number of foreigners as of December 2013.