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Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Detailed Industry (Stock As At Year-End), Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 03 Jun 2025, 22:00 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'. The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2020. 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/M084831

Data explorer

ForeignDirectInvestmentInSingaporeByDetailedIndustryStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (39 rows, 10.6 KB)

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Total2843105.62607993.52463715.32121348.31913321.81727906.21562234.21352400.512680511112348.1905760.4808461.3702495.2665113.4574703.6510585.2466567.4370494.7323821.1276819.2246185.4229318.6216454.5191452.5170820.8144197.2
Manufacturing279941.3309240.2278661.1247733.2234943.7235930181958.2170047.6166560.9156995.7159819.5127709.5140037.6132791.9121667.3105322.8116483.2107756.110366695234.990021.184050.681186.269077.658139.651930.9
Food, Beverages & Tobacco33358.233832.934720.534089.142528.835836.719714.19823.88980.36739.859654082.73762.93188.42650.51378.81627.41334.5621.4498.8465.7447.2472.1426.1504.2478.9
Paper, Paper Products & Printing869.9760.4734.5854.2830.5560.9565.4465.6515.8424.3674.3757.6912.6684.8552.8711.9668.9649.2813.8651.8634777723.1744.9703.8734.7
Refined Petroleum Products3784334625.127719.724616.126611.226895.123326.921911.819173.126148.324952.920748.821427.520625.419693.814569.814146.314335.713937.813665.513636.91262012272.57183.34674.73858
Chemical & Chemical Products25695.727691.322614.119830.419716.617878.416416.316745.514692.911836.91209411002.59253.59026.78078.57092.56889.86706.87458.76478.75212.15902.34202.63462.13442.84470.7
Pharmaceutical & Biological Products17769.413833.714605.71575213101.930439.413128.313688.422751.515403.734099.128320.443431.641485.336198.430872.547879.838339.738679.831864.929312.921991.117443.113234.811105.79956.5
Rubber & Plastic Products2334.42304.71780.52208.71990.91916.21679.81603.41310.51489.21604.1995.5862.61394.61601.41313.210021153.99401044.9959.4818.2730.3647746.6649.2
Basic Metals96.536.963.6-157.9-124.4-111.2144.1116.9252.5303.4365.6145.9222.8154.4177487.3625334.922.84035.137.735.135.64723.5
Fabricated Metal Products3033.33207.33464.33233.73477.33498.63526.32967.92755.52796.63293.223352035.91732.518461885.5182714691366.813181229.91308.31173.51101.7993.11065.9

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_36bfb288c5cf7a3ac830609d331beebd"
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). Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Detailed Industry (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_36bfb288c5cf7a3ac830609d331beebd/view

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Created on

28 Nov 2023

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