Country at a Glance

Singapore

Singapore, selected international labor statistics, 2009–11
Indicator	Unit	Report	Time Series	2009	2010	2011
Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing
Hourly compensation costs	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	17.54	19.10	22.60
Hourly pay for time worked	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	11.65	12.68	15.00
Hourly directly paid benefits	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	3.07	3.34	3.95
Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	2.82	3.08	3.64
Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing
Productivity (output per hour)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	107.2	144.7	156.2
Output	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	139.7	181.2	195.0
Hours worked	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	130.3	125.2	124.8
Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	117.0	102.1	107.8
Labor market
Employment-population ratio - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	63.1	–
Labor force participation rate
Labor force participation rate - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	77.0	–
Labor force participation rate - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	56.7	–
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP per capita	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	52,445	59,131	60,742
GDP per hour	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	36.70	40.88	41.27
GDP per employed person	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	88,036	98,489	99,415
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

Last Modified Date: December 21, 2012