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Economy

Principal Statistics Of Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore, Annual

Last updated: 02 Jul 2025, 23:00 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'. 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/M083791

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PrincipalStatisticsOfForeignDirectInvestmentInSingaporeAnnual.csv (6 rows, 3.2 KB)

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Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore (Stock As At Year-End)nananananananananananananananananananananananananananana2843105.62607993.52463715.32121348.31913321.81727906.21562234.21352400.512680511112348.1905760.4808461.3702495.2665113.4574703.6510585.2466567.4370494.7323821.1276819.2246185.4229318.6216454.5191452.5170820.8144197.2
Foreign Direct Equity Investment In Singapore (Stock As At Year-End)125274.3105015.192840.780163.866962.359556.858029.653151.54106335799.229946.924702.822354.921645.419267.117520.814387.311201.78656.97074.76512.35851.64649.54021.63157.92208.71724.11398.32608243.22500671.42382299.42055813.81826830.91608621.91418896.21214385.41163703.71005273.7818596.4724348.6621439.5589953.1512557.8445228.7420652.7336696.6296203.7253618.4221979.9210960.2194941.1178979.1159577.9139903.5
Net Inter-Company Lending (Stock As At Year End)nananananananananananananananananananananananananananana234862.4107322.181415.965534.586490.9119284.3143337.9138015.1104347.4107074.48716484112.781055.775160.362145.865356.645914.733798.127617.423200.824205.518358.421513.412473.411242.94293.7
Income Of Foreign Direct Investment (During The Year)nananananananananananananananananananananananananananana319988338540.2287659.4191401.5188333190892.3153857.5119604.1109890.894791.899168.68993481070.97887173873.764006.480986.560909.653896.343943.730256.924611.318314.622174.115443.72995.4
Dividends Of Foreign Direct Investment (During The Year)99968322.67683.47205.77881.49537.88015.75139.4nananananananananananananananananananana302331.5262214.7207078.6183374.7182252.7170935.8109072.9104833.662201.9102333.160870.38630162154.948967.658737.75994351554.14167141842256812069218316.717818.2147801666411233.2
Return On Foreign Direct Investment (For The Year)nananananananananananananananananananananananananananana11.713.412.59.510.311.610.69.19.29.411.611.911.912.713.613.119.417.517.916.812.711912.29.8na

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Data SeriesDataSeriesTextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19971997TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19961996TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19951995TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19941994TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19931993TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
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19911991TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19901990TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
19891989TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
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dataset_id = "d_4ff2c13303e4a79c28c60b086cece0a8"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Principal Statistics Of Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4ff2c13303e4a79c28c60b086cece0a8/view

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01 Nov 2023

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