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Economy

GST By Economic Sector

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

  • Update of SSIC 2020 to SSIC 2025.

    (a) The industries are classified according to the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2025 from YA2025.

    (b) Others includes all other industries such as Public Administration & Defence and Other Service Activities.

  • From FY2025 (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026), figures are compiled on a revised basis to include GST-registered businesses only.

  • For FY2009-FY2015, the industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2010.
    (a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
    (b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
    (c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
    (d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.

  • The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2015 for FY2016-FY2017; SSIC 2015 (Version 2018) for FY2018-FY2019.
    (a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
    (b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
    (c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
    (d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.

  • The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020 from FY2020.
    (a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
    (b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
    (c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
    (d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.

  • There will be differences between GST Contribution and Tax Collection for GST published on data.gov.sg. GST Contribution is the net amount that is payable or refundable by a taxpayer after accounting for input and output tax etc. This might be different from the Tax Collection for GST as the taxes can be collected or refunded across different Financial Years (FY) due to taxpayers paying their taxes via GIRO instalments or having their past years’ assessments reviewed.

Data from FY2004 to FY2025

Last updated 13 days ago (2 Sep 2026)

Chart: FY2025 Net GST Contribution by Economic Sector

Data explorer

GSTByEconomicSector.csv (244 rows, 11.5 KB)

Financial Year
Financial Year (YYYY)
Economic Sector
Text
No. of Businesses
Text
Percentage of Businesses in Net GST Refund Position
Text
Net GST Contribution
Numeric
Percentage of Net GST Contribution
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Construction9.0%
Manufacturing9.0%
Wholesale & Retail Trade9.0%
Utilities8.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)18.0%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)0.0%
2004Agriculture & Fishing1750.3
2004Mining & Quarrying230
2004Manufacturing79422.9
2004Utilities455.8
2004Construction57459.2
2004Wholesale & Retail Trade2976544.3
2004Hotels & Restaurants13893.6
2004Transport & Communications39124.2
2004Financial27934.7
2004Real Estate & Business Activities1015717.7
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2f8e0b554cf05a28a2a81d11166900c6"
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.

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. (2015). GST By Economic Sector (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2f8e0b554cf05a28a2a81d11166900c6/view

About this dataset

Contact

hoong_sook_ying@iras.gov.sgmelissa_lim@iras.gov.sg

Created on

27 Oct 2015

Licence

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

Agency

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)