Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate 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	Lawrence Wong	15 May 2024 – now	0.0 pp Q1 2024 → Q3 2026	0.0 pp/yr
2	Lee Hsien Loong	12 Aug 2004 – 15 May 2024	−1.6 pp Q2 2004 → Q1 2024	−0.1 pp/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 pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, seasonally adjusted · Ministry of Manpower via SingStat Table Builder (M182342), total unemployment rate (residents and work-pass holders), seasonally adjusted, end of quarter · Singapore data · as of Sep 2026.