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Economy

Telecommunication Penetration Rate, Annual

Data from Jan 1997 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 13 Jul 2025, 19:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: INFO-COMMUNCATIONS MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Data Last Updated: 08/05/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: All figures for penetration rates are rounded to the nearest decimal point. With effect from 1 Oct 2016, the Infocomm Development Authority and the Media Development Authority were restructured to form the Info-communications Media Development Authority and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M651301

Data explorer

TelecommunicationPenetrationRateAnnual.csv (3 rows, 905 B)

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(Null)66.7%
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Mobile Population Penetration Rate165162.1162.4153.1144.8157.5148.2150.6149.8148.4148156151.8149.6143.6137.5131122.5105.499.892.784.577.869.274.845.732.324
Residential Wired Broadband Household Penetration Rate9392.392.792.293.492.993.594.597.5102.8106105.2104.8104.4nananananananananananananana
Wireless Broadband Population Penetration Rate184.1187.7195.5190.4169.8187.9183.2206.6197.7190184.3171.5166.1152.4nananananananananananananana

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextPer Cent-
20242024NumericPer Cent-
20232023NumericPer Cent-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_07b1f52c84218d677cd518f0b81fa7f9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Telecommunication Penetration Rate, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_07b1f52c84218d677cd518f0b81fa7f9/view

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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)