Unemployment Rate fell 63.5% to 1.90% in Singapore in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Singapore reached an all time high of 6.28% in 1982 and an all time low of 1.78% in 1989. When compared to Singapore's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Indonesia amounted to 5.00%, 2.83% in Malaysia, 5.39% in Philippines and 0.700% in Thailand in 2021.
Singapore has been ranked 98th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 32 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | % | 5.59% | 5.30% | 5.16% | 6.61% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 0.140% | 0.130% | 0.130% | 0.310% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | % | 4.40% | 4.30% | 4.60% | 5.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 3.88% | 4.40% | 3.62% | 4.11% | 5.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 0.650% | 0.640% | 0.620% | 0.950% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 3.41% | 3.30% | 3.31% | 4.55% | 2.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 1.56% | 0.870% | 0.500% | 1.79% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 2.55% | 2.34% | 2.24% | 3.36% | 5.39% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 4.20% | 3.65% | 3.10% | 5.19% | 1.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | % | 3.76% | 3.76% | 3.66% | 3.66% | 3.66% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 0.830% | 0.770% | 0.720% | 1.02% | 0.700% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 1.87% | 1.16% | 2.04% | 2.27% | 2.20% |
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