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Economy

Research And Development Expenditure By Institutional Sector And Area Of Research, Annual

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 11 May 2026, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

Data Last Updated: 12/11/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data on research and development (R&D) in Singapore are collected through the National Survey of Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE), conducted on an annual basis by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The institutional sectors in the RIE Survey are broadly split into three sectors, namely (a) 'Private sector' comprises all business enterprises, excluding institutions of higher learning; (b) 'Government sector' comprises all government organisations, including government ministries, statutory boards & public research institutes and excluding institutes of higher learning; and (c) 'Institutes of Higher Learning' comprises institutions of higher learning, including the universities and polytechnics. For detailed definitions for areas of research, please refer to 'Section 7. Explanatory Notes and Definitions' of the publication 'National Survey of Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE)' at https://www.a-star.edu.sg/News/national-survey-of-rie

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M081331

Data explorer

ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenditureByInstitutionalSectorAndAreaOfResearchAnnual.csv (24 rows, 7.5 KB)

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Total12689.3911365.1110405.189690.459198.769002.139136.469207.588307.227393.517074.257271.736308.046009.087113.546326.24998.454569.414041.473396.93368.343232.683009.522656.32492.262104.561792.141366.561174.98997.93949.54756.8571.7
Agricultural & Food Sciences400.1390.76349.44357.2364.53278.06280.78267.61262.93210.32199.95155.14108.4992.995.0670.0758.2852.245.1333.9829.2147.2529.6726.1323.3221.6114.8926.5112.51nananana
Engineering & Technology7967.67102.416561.656037.965703.065610.545581.765745.314843.434451.94336.314564.123848.63720.364872.384166.472917.092628.262524.741993.011936.981663.061543.821263.481436.881143.78993.73807.29633.56nananana
Biomedical & Related Sciences2392.212351.982055.391872.191685.721710.971779.361762.311577.951367.581403.591357.751361.651259.131062.531057.611068.04853.41738.89497.28447.11297.74145.45113.6896.5884.359.9637.6350.86nananana
Natural Sciences (Excl Biological Sciences)1600.821257.341158.61142.01901.77822.24912.61027.451093.85918.37830.75853.83730.95649.11584.45587.01490.56471.33457.31477.84561.54688.24874.45807.9658.04614.98520.84389.13440nananana
Energy & Others328.65262.61280.1281.09543.67580.32581.97404.9529.05445.34303.63340.88258.35287.59499.13445.04464.48564.21275.4394.8393.5536.39416.14445.11277.45239.89202.7110638.05nananana
Private Sector8141.137277.416602.895916.675484.225325.155295.595469.394989.144315.424238.014446.293761.113689.065105.454222.13281.743018.542569.562053.622055.012045.021866.051670.861536.11314.521133.42881.38736.23618.58577.62442309.5
Agricultural & Food Sciences289.58304.51280.09294.01259.84244.41247.63231.76227.05178.66180.1137.0294.0779.4785.3161.9450.843.5235.6527.3319.8316.016.373.974.144.493.476.294.1nananana
Engineering & Technology5926.15276.454796.244280.464162.334158.243983.544074.153418.813161.93152.133347.672733.872701.763991.783219.432144.471959.471828.11255.111174.911026.06983.24896.141069.24840.5677.52590.77434.39nananana
Biomedical & Related Sciences836.28861.97739.3586.56470.33441.03501.84540.88523.54430.97502.09516.43543.22508.04393.07387.48510.65298.53232.74169.21141.4182.4842.0234.228.7212.212.932.551.24nananana
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_092342c287b5b20280ab6b47263cb858"
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. (2024). Research And Development Expenditure By Institutional Sector And Area Of Research, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 12, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_092342c287b5b20280ab6b47263cb858/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)