People employed during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how people employed changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Lee Hsien Loong	12 Aug 2004 – 15 May 2024	+84.9% Q2 2004 → Q1 2024	+3.2%/yr
2	Lawrence Wong	15 May 2024 – now	+3.8% Q1 2024 → Q2 2026	+1.7%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousand people employed · Ministry of Manpower via SingStat Table Builder: employment at each year end (M183111) plus the change in employment each quarter (M183891), residents and work-pass holders, not seasonally adjusted · Singapore data · as of Sep 2026.