Country at a Glance

Singapore

Singapore, selected international labor statistics, 2008–10
Indicator	Unit	Report	Time Series	2008	2009	2010
Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing
Hourly compensation costs	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	18.87	17.54	19.10
Hourly pay for time worked	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	12.54	11.65	12.68
Hourly directly paid benefits	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	3.41	3.07	3.34
Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	2.92	2.82	3.08
Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing
Productivity (output per hour)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-9.3	-0.3	32.7
Output	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-4.2	-4.2	29.7
Hours worked	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	5.7	-3.9	-2.3
Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	18.9	-2.9	-12.8
Labor market
Employment-population ratio - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	60.8	–
Labor force participation rate
Labor force participation rate - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	75.6	–
Labor force participation rate - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	53.7	–
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP per capita	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	53,787	51,787	58,240
GDP per hour	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	37.94	36.24	40.27
GDP per employed person	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	91,602	86,932	97,006
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

Last Modified Date: December 23, 2011