Definitions

Data refer to the share of manufacturing employment expressed as a percentage of total employment.

Concepts

The number of persons who are in employment, comprising employees and the self-employed. However, it excludes men who are serving their 2-year full-time national service in the Singapore Armed Forces, Police and Civil Defence Forces.
Manufacturing sector is defined according to the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020, which adopts the basic framework and principles of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC) developed by the United Nations Statistics Division. It refers to industries belonging to section C in SSIC 2020.

Computational Method

(Total employment in manufacturing activities) / (Total employment in all economic activities) x 100%

Disaggregation

-

Data Source

Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

Data Collection

Employment data are compiled primarily from administrative records of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board and the Work Pass Division, MOM.
The number of self-employed is estimated from the Labour Force Survey. The self-employed comprises persons aged 15 years and above who are own account workers, employers or contributing family workers.

Time Period

1990 onwards

Frequency

Annual

SDG Global Metadata

Link to United Nations SDG global metadata

Indicator 9.2.2