WORKFORCE POPULATION OF SINGAPORE 2001

Mr Steve Chia Kiah Hong asked the Minister for Manpower if he will provide statistics of the population for the year 2001 with breakdown figures of citizens and permanent residents, blue-and-white collar employees, the unemployed, the home-makers, the retirees and those not working such as students and the young.

Dr Lee Boon Yang: There were 2,119,700 persons in the labour force in June 2001. The labour force comprised 2,046,700 persons who were employed and 72,900 unemployed.

Of the employed persons, professionals, managers and technicians made up 46%, followed by production workers, cleaners and labourers (30%) and clerical, service and sales workers (24%).

There were 1,121,100 economically inactive persons aged 15 years and above. Of which, 496,600 (44%) were home-makers, 279,200 were schooling or taking courses (25%) and 159,200 were retired (14%).

The figures as at June 2001 are summarised below: Total Workforce (aged 15 years and 2,119,700 above): Employed Persons: 2,046,700 Professionals, Managers & Technicians 933,900 Clerical, Service & Sales 505,500 Production, Cleaners and Labourers 607,300 Unemployed Persons: 72,900 Economically Inactive Persons (aged 15 1,121,100 years and above) Home-makers 496,600 Schooling/Taking Courses 279,200 Retired 159,200 Others 186,100 Source: Report on Labour Force in Singapore.