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Singapore\u2019s total fertility rate remained at a record low of 0.87 in 2025, marking the third consecutive year it has remained below 1.<\/p>\n
Having two children remained the most common among ever-married resident women in Singapore.<\/p>\n
Among ever-married women aged 40 to 49, those with two children made up the largest group, accounting for 40.5 per cent in 2025. This is a decrease from 42.4 per cent in 2015.<\/p>\n
Over the same period, the proportion of women with no children increased to 16.1 per cent from 11.6 per cent.<\/p>\n
The proportion of women with one child rose to 25.5 per cent from 22.3 per cent.<\/p>\n
The report also showed that 61 per cent of fathers with children born in 2024 took government-paid paternity leave, up from 56 per cent in 2023.<\/p>\n
The take-up rate for government-paid maternity leave also remained high, with 77 per cent of mothers taking it, compared to 74 per cent in 2023.<\/p>\n
The take-up of childcare leave by fathers increased to 54 per cent in 2024, from 49 per cent in 2016.<\/p>\n
Among mothers, the take-up of childcare leave increased to 59 per cent from 56 per cent over the same period.<\/p>\n
To better support Singaporeans in their marriage and parenthood journeys, an interagency Marriage and Parenthood Reset Workgroup was set up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The workgroup will examine key factors that influence marriage and parenthood decisions, including financial costs, work-life support, caregiving, housing, healthcare, preschool and education.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It will also work with stakeholders to promote societal norms and workplace practices that better support marriage and parenthood aspirations,” said the MSF spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The workgroup aims to release a full report with\u00a0consolidated\u00a0findings\u00a0in early 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Access to early childhood services has continued to improve, with\u00a0<\/span>greater accessibility and affordability, according to MSF’s report.\u00a0<\/p>\n The number of full-day infant care places has nearly tripled over the last decade. Full-day infant care places increased to 17,639 in 2025, from 6,262 in 2015.<\/p>\n The ministry added that enrolment numbers rose to 12,225 from 3,813 over the same period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Singapore\u2019s total fertility rate remained at a record low of 0.87 in 2025, marking the third consecutive year it has remained below 1. Having two…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--OJTzy7Px--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2022\/08\/05\/istock-1175709402_mod.jpg?itok=zAuGe_nw","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3503,2816,6998,26301,22],"class_list":["post-67640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-children","tag-couples","tag-dip","tag-marriages","tag-singapore","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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