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Economy

Statistics Of Foreign Affiliates In Singapore, Annual

Data from Jan 2016 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 11 Aug 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 1. Statistics of foreign affiliates in Singapore are also known as inward foreign affiliates statistics (inward FATS). 2. Employment of enterprises refers to total employment excluding migrant domestic workers. 3. Value-added of enterprises refers to Gross Value Added (GVA) less ownership of dwellings. 4. Exports and Imports of Goods & Services refer to cross-border transactions of goods and services between the Singapore economy and the rest of the world.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M085781

Data explorer

StatisticsOfForeignAffiliatesInSingaporeAnnual.csv (5 rows, 496 B)

Data Series
Text
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
Numeric
2019
Numeric
2018
Numeric
2017
Numeric
2016
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Nominal Value Added355.5443.3335.9255.5255.1254221.7198.1
Enterprise Count3246428678263282590225345246882317122330
Employment994.9960.6904.1921.7941.3911.8869.9871
Exports Of Goods & Services801.5868.5751.1618.2588569.1505.1458.4
Imports Of Goods & Services743.4807.5673.6570.6554.5549.3490.3433.5

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Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextBillion Dollars-
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20222022NumericBillion Dollars-
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20202020NumericBillion Dollars-
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20182018NumericBillion Dollars-
20172017NumericBillion Dollars-
20162016NumericBillion Dollars-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_00e0f7177df8a822c8f6a2c0581d6158"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Statistics Of Foreign Affiliates In Singapore, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_00e0f7177df8a822c8f6a2c0581d6158/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)