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Sport Singapore

National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey

Sport Singapore conducts the National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey to track trends, guide policies, and improve active living strategies through nationwide annual data collection and analysis. Insights from the survey are used to shape the policies and strategies for sport programmes, initiatives, infrastructure, and campaigns for residents to stay active and well.

Last updated on 6 October 2026

Measuring Sport & Exercise Participation in Singapore

The National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS) is Singapore’s only annual national survey on sport and exercise participation among citizens and permanent residents aged 13 years old and above. Data is captured via face-to-face interviews among randomly selected households from the Department of Statistics. Started in 1987, NSPS was conducted every five years, and in between the years, a smaller scale study, “Sport Index”, was deployed to capture annual data for trending analyses.

In 2015, NSPS was converted to an annual survey with monthly interviews accumulating to a sample size of at least 4,500 per year. This shift enabled more robust representation of sport and exercise behaviours and trends across the year, together with insights on participation profiles, motivations and barriers to participation, and the health and social benefit they experienced from being active.

Looking for NSPS data, reports, and interactive dashboards? Visit the Explore Sport Data & Insights page to access published NSPS datasets, survey reports, key findings, and data visualisations. The portal provides convenient access to Sport Singapore's latest statistics and insights to support research, planning, and decision-making.

Insights Table Pte Ltd has been appointed by Sport Singapore to conduct the NSPS among the general population.