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Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad By Destination Economy And Industry Of Investor In Singapore (Stock As At Year-End), Annual

Data from Jan 1994 to Dec 2023Updated 14 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 12/03/2025

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/dia-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 Direct Investment Abroad.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M082051

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SingaporesDirectInvestmentAbroadByDestinationEconomyAndIndustryOfInvestorInSingaporeStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (330 rows, 74 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
Asia3.3%
ASEAN3.3%
Africa3.3%
Europe3.3%
(Null)21.2%
(Null)22.4%
(Null)23.6%
(Null)23.9%
(Null)25.5%
(Null)28.2%
(Null)28.2%
(Null)29.7%
(Null)31.5%
(Null)34.8%
(Null)33.6%
(Null)33.0%
(Null)34.2%
(Null)33.6%
(Null)32.7%
(Null)35.8%
(Null)36.4%
(Null)34.2%
(Null)33.9%
(Null)37.3%
(Null)36.1%
(Null)37.3%
(Null)38.2%
(Null)39.4%
(Null)39.7%
(Null)40.0%
(Null)51.8%
(Null)53.3%
(Null)53.6%
(Null)54.8%
Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad - Total (Local Industry)1523321.714709261331826.31185355.51093410.8927786.5936561.6862532.4727582.2651222545751.3498027.9449376.1426567.5370096.9311218.6316406.5245347.4200399.2179633.9152968.7146575.313144697546.592078.475218.175807.455536.449570.838372.7
Asia800583756203.2711766.3615226.6565084.8513283.7501794.4458337.6386473.7336149.8294556.4277116.8259231.1226436201123.6174941.2146960.6119350.6102494.184938.775968.269547.763458.556756.753058.442364.641480.831724.629596.322231.7
Brunei Darussalam94.2100.188.588.997.2192.2187.7176.3268.2243.4227.6207.6149.5177.7202160191.3114.263.463.661.456.956.898.184.663.97589.991.2128.5
Mainland China222985.6221961.9212326.2179139.2167782153268.7152801.5144008123418.5114454.7102624.89204785231.972430.862241.254472.140266.433518.927254.222182.619816.118042.115717.315706.214295.612186.310476.96414.13718.11696.7
Hong Kong8624483009.776235.469218.358312.261204.161090.556397.751950.151134.641845.840241.339429.52500823425.220054.419973.315586.515336.211779.511090.911868.111372.5850810405.2766881135973.56668.16655
India109930.293432.988917.569751.168352.462721.756198.943785.434203.221160.316000.212909.411242.110630.89545.26740.94740.425651286.5765.4626.2-0.7489.1884.7743.5315.2250.9283180.563.7
Indonesia966768991478879.674768.273826.372300.572081.96833555993.946350.440777.539889.135084.231343.127695.621973.920107.416698.114632.211967.810303.77671.15589.35450.55507.54484.76518.53914.33909.12359.9
Japan42064.435866.938326.628189.923251.81611619545.918610.814083.19715.49772.89963.81407914103.99620.18040.43949.22527.32541.82255.21969.11640.11466.4993.91052.7865.5563.1454.9481.9414.5
Republic Of Korea28789.425486.524478.4131809791.710092.710694.89740.46669.33990.53389.22856.52734.83182.82743.82514.83060.73336.13388.72831.72554.22477.527542403.31682.5669210.7258.7147.152.8
Malaysia65475.163985.859089.260317.957244.349415.146814.545536.343726.640526.13670036486.333116.931470.426792.324577.722775.218314.116751.214724.813580.313241.711237.99749.98516.886108908.29591.110378.98182.3

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad By Destination Economy And Industry Of Investor In Singapore (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3dcfd9108ee04bd2b7978d6eaab1ed9a/view

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25 Nov 2023

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