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Economy

Percentage Of Business Loans To Small And Medium Enterprises, Annual

Data from Jan 2010 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 16 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

Data Last Updated: 15/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M920361

Data explorer

PercentageOfBusinessLoansToSmallAndMediumEnterprisesAnnual.csv (3 rows, 648 B)

Data Series Text	2023 Text	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)66.7%	(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%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Business Loans To Small And Medium Enterprises Outstanding (S$ Million)	na	92129	89476	90429	86242	78204	80667	77983	76018	74190	66752	60497	56869	46423.6
Total Business Loans Outstanding (S$ Million)	885707.1	917948.2	942956.4	1023418	1038103.4	985605	928498.9	849638.4	844172.3	853695	779096.9	637176.4	584824.4	458534.6
Percentage Of Business Loans To Small And Medium Enterprises (Per Cent)	na	10	9.5	8.8	8.3	7.9	8.7	9.2	9	8.7	8.6	9.5	9.7	10.1

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	-	-
2023	2023	Text	-	-
2022	2022	Numeric	-	-
2021	2021	Numeric	-	-
2020	2020	Numeric	-	-
2019	2019	Numeric	-	-
2018	2018	Numeric	-	-
2017	2017	Numeric	-	-
2016	2016	Numeric	-	-
2015	2015	Numeric	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1d49896b0fe9a5a8600c7c6ccaa76e2d"
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). Percentage Of Business Loans To Small And Medium Enterprises, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1d49896b0fe9a5a8600c7c6ccaa76e2d/view

About this dataset

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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)