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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 –

Hourly pay for time worked

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 11.65 12.68 –

Hourly directly paid benefits

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 3.07 3.34 –

Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 2.82 3.08 –

Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing

Productivity (output per hour)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 -0.3 32.7 –

Output

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 -4.2 29.7 –

Hours worked

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 -3.9 -2.3 –

Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 -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

 51,787 58,240 –

GDP per hour

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 36.24 40.27 –

GDP per employed person

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 86,932 97,006 –

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

 

Last Modified Date: June 12, 2012