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Table 7: Foreign Workforce in Singapore

Pass Type Dec 2012 Dec 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 June 2016
Employment Pass (EP) 173,800 175,100 178,900 187,900 189,600

S Pass 142,400 160,900 170,100 178,600 179,400
Work Permit (Total) 942,800 974,400 991,300 997,100 1,009,300

- Work Permit (Foreign 209,600 214,500 222,500 231,500 237,100
Domestic Worker)

- Work Permit 293,300 318,900 322,700 326,000 326,700
(Construction)

Other Work Passes 2 9,300 11,300 15,400 23,600 26,300
Total Foreign Workforce 1,268,300 1,321,600 1,355,700 1,387,300 1,404,700

Total Foreign Workforce 1,058,700 1,107,100 1,133,200 1,155,800 1,167,600
(excluding Foreign
Domestic Workers)
Total Foreign Workforce 731,300 748,100 764,500 780,300 790,800
(excluding Foreign
Domestic Workers &
Construction)

Notes:
1 – Data may not add to total due to rounding off
2 - “Other Work Passes” includes Letter of Consent (LOC) and Training
Work Permit (TWP). Training Employment Pass (TEP) was included in
“Other Work Passes” from March 2014 onwards.

Source: Department of Statistics Singapore, in http://www.mom.gov.sg/
documents-and-publications/foreign-workforce-numbers

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