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Economy

Return On Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Source Economy (During The Year), Annual

Data from Jan 1999 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 03 Jul 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 26/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 'na' denotes 'not available' or 'not applicable'. '-' denotes 'nil' or 'negligible' or 'not significant'. Please refer to the Technical Notes (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/find_data/trade-and-investment/fdi-notes.ashx) or video on 'Understanding Foreign Direct Investment' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/trade-and-investment/foreign-direct-investment/visualising-data/understanding-foreign-direct-investment) for more information on the methodology and concepts of Foreign Direct Investment.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M084001

Data explorer

ReturnOnForeignDirectInvestmentInSingaporeBySourceEconomyDuringTheYearAnnual.csv (47 rows, 8.2 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)2.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)14.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)31.9%
(Null)34.0%
(Null)34.0%
Total11.713.412.59.510.311.610.69.19.29.411.611.911.912.713.613.119.417.517.916.812.711912.29.8
Asia9.318.6166.96.66.375.95.77.18.76.15.35.56.27.810.812.110.4107.67.63.98.81.9
Brunei Darussalam-54.10.62.112.110.711.414.514.514.813.215.417.414.61119.115.77.46.86.33.85.6710.510.4
Cambodia-69.5-1.45.88.5-9.2-8.3-12.1-7.3-3.3-3.7-0.3-0.5-0.45.4nananananananananana
Mainland China10.815.3156.65.34.88.676.87.14.77.38.39.411.914.750.544.157.5-87.7-6.2-13.7-11.5-21.4-0.3
Hong Kong11.213.910.75.78.661.62.68.14.913.678.745.431.612.728.51624.74.814.416.1140
India0.3-0.31.3-3.24.54.94.9-1.7-1.12.86.25.32.21.30.60.91.728.332.232.315.312.6-6.34.28
Indonesia3.53.2-8.7-16.3-10.4-10.114.30.9-15.86.80.15.87.3-920.55.860.3-3.6-215.56.86.95.82.2-24.7
Israel12.410.24.69.22.41.92.55.10.90.10.40.911.432.110.32.39.837.5-62.1-53.1-26.3
Japan9.221.520.99.96.98.48.77.64.86.87.46.85.812.28.76.310.211.212129.57.81.9116.4

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Data SeriesDataSeriesTextPer Cent-
20232023TextPer Cent-
20222022TextPer Cent-
20212021TextPer Cent-
20202020TextPer Cent-
20192019TextPer Cent-
20182018NumericPer Cent-
20172017NumericPer Cent-
20162016NumericPer Cent-
20152015NumericPer Cent-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_072616b46959a455a5ec91663e61b231"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Return On Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Source Economy (During The Year), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_072616b46959a455a5ec91663e61b231/view

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Created on

28 Nov 2023

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