Population Trends1
Labour Force Participation Rates2
In Singapore, the labour force participation rate of those aged 60 years or more was 29% for males and 8% for females in 2006. In comparison, the rate in Japan was 41% and 19%, while in South Korea, it was 49% and 28%.3
Elderly Population by Age Group4
Projections for Singapore Population Aged 65 Years or More5 6
*The ratio refers to the number of persons aged 15-64 years to each person aged 65 years or more.
- Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore.
- Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore.
- United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, “Population Ageing 2006,” http://www.unpopulation.org (accessed September 14, 2006).
- Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore.
- Committee on Ageing Issues: Report on the Ageing Population (Singapore, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, 2006).
- Paper No. 3/99 (Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Singapore, 1999).