Healthcare Workforce Statistics

Wondering about Singapore’s healthcare employment landscape? Here’s an overview of Singapore’s healthcare jobs statistics.

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An overview of Singapore’s healthcare workforce statistics from 2015 to 2017.


 2019
2020​2021
Total No. of Doctors114,27914,82315,423
  ►  Public
9,030
9,532​
9,844
  ►  Non-Public4,439
4,489​
4,601
  ►  Not in Active Practice810
802 978​
Doctor to Population Ratio1:399
1:384 1:369​
Doctor per 1,000 Population2.5
2.6
​2.7
Breakdown by:  
          No. of Specialists5,8816,0886,431
        ►  Public3,864
​4,052
​4,267
        ►  Non-Public1,682
1,718​
1,776
        ►  Not in Active Practice335
​318
​388
          No. of Non-Specialists8,3988,7358,992
        ►  Public5,166
5,480
​5,577
        ►  Non-Public2,757
2,771
​2,825
        ►  Not in Active Practice475
484
590​
   
Total No. of Nurses/Midwives42,77742,17343,005
  ►  Public26,079
​26,914
​27,339
  ►  Non-Public11,180
​11,416
​11,299
  ►  Not in Active Practice5,518
3,843​
4,367
Nurse to Population Ratio1:133
1:135​
1:132
Nurse per 1,000 Population7.5
7.4 7.6
Breakdown by:  
          No. of Registered Nurses34,60934,654
35,948
        ►  Public21,373
22,843​
23,324
        ►  Non-Public8,943
9,291​
9,297
        ►  Not in Active Practice4,293
2,880​
3,327
          No. of Enrolled Nurses8,0597,4226,989
        ►  Public4,663
​4,395
3,984
        ►  Non-Public2,206
2,095
1,975​
        ►  Not in Active Practice1,190
​952
​1,030
          No. of Registered Midwives109 77 68
        ►  Public43
36
36​
        ►  Non-Public
31
30
​27
        ►  Not in Active Practice
35
11
​10
   
Total No. of Advanced Practice Nurses2 267264330
  ►  Public 
251
247​
311
  ►  Non-Public  13
14
16
  ►  Not in Active Practice
3
3
​3
   
Total No. of Dentists32,4752,4822,484
  ►  Public509
540
503​
  ►  Non-Public1,881
1,859
​1,891
  ►  Not in Active Practice85
83
​90
Dentist to Population Ratio1:2,304
1:2,291​
1:2,289
Dentist per 1,000 Population0.40.4 0.4​
Breakdown by:  
          Total No. of Dental Specialists368379395
        ►  Public130
138
132
        ►  Non-Public237
239​
255
        ►  Not in Active Practice1
2
​8
          Total No. of General Dental Practitioners2,1072,1032,089
        ►  Public
379
​402
​371
        ►  Non-Public1,644
1,620​
1,636
        ►  Not in Active Practice84
81
82
   
Total No. of Oral Health Therapists4429441445
  ►  Public224
220​
216
  ►  Non-Public141
155​
159
  ►  Not in Active Practice
64
66
70
   
Total No. of Pharmacists3,4083,4353,634
  ►  Public1,616
1,710
1,758
  ►  Non-Public1,444
1,343
​1,464
  ►  Not in Active Practice348
​382
​412
Pharmacist to Population Ratio1:1,674
​1:1,1655
​1:1,1565
Pharmacist per 1,000 Population0.6
0.6
​0.6
   
Total No. of Optometrists and Opticians52,6362,653
2,689
  ►  Public 210
219
​234
  ►  Non-Public
2,345
2,347​
2,351
  ►  Not in Active Practice81
87
​104
Optometrist and Optician to Population Ratio1:2,232
​1:2,216
​1:2,200
Optometrist and Optician per 1,000 Population0.40.5 
0.5​
   
Total No. of Occupational Therapists61,2271,3041,381
  ►  Public 534
​564
​615
  ►  Non-Public546
​569
​608
  ►  Not in Active Practice147
​171
​158
   
Total No. of Physiotherapists62,0202,1292,260
  ►  Public 943
​1,016
​1,085
  ►  Non-Public834
876​
960
  ►  Not in Active Practice243
​237
​215
   
Total No. of Speech Therapists6686727
778
  ►  Public 257
263​
279
  ►  Non-Public341
​363
​403
  ►  Not in Active Practice
88
101
96
   
Total No. of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Physicians73,045 3,0173,069
  ►  Active Practice2,284
​2,200
​2,236
  ►  Not in Active Practice761
​817
​833
   
Total No. of Acupuncturists8259254
250
  ►  Active Practice124
​117
​115
  ►  Not in Active Practice135
137
135​

Notes:
1 Includes doctors registered under Temporary Registration for service provision from Year 2010 onwards.            

2 Advanced Practice Nurses(APN) are subset of Registered Nurses.

Refers to Division I and II dentists.

Registration of Oral Health Therapists started in 2008.

5 Optometrists and Opticians were officially registered with the enactment of Optometrists and Opticians Act in 2008.

Registration of Allied Health professionals (Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists) started in 2013. 

7 Registration of TCM physicians started in 2002.

8 Registration of Acupuncturists started in 2001. Figures refer to those registered only as Acupuncturists.


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