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Income Of Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Detailed Industry (During The Year), Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 01 Jun 2025, 22:01 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/M084871

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IncomeOfForeignDirectInvestmentInSingaporeByDetailedIndustryDuringTheYearAnnual.csv (39 rows, 9.7 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)2.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)20.5%
Total319988338540.2287659.4191401.5188333190892.3153857.5119604.1109890.894791.899168.68993481070.97887173873.764006.480986.560909.653896.343943.730256.924611.318314.622174.115443.72995.4
Manufacturing61193.883011.876243.347471.162066.566474.544854.934605.730878.228246.124704.329514.126988.52616725651.120300.534166.321524.422545.42029716497.510403.41006511710.39232.29322.4
Food, Beverages & Tobacco2097.64687.33149.733355796.22720.93486.415241388.51525.41651.91162.41006.3492402.752.6134.8194.4146.1109.352.972100.6129.598.530.9
Paper, Paper Products & Printing109.9-24.91.3109.139.6514.9121.659.638.5-0.84.611-7.614.332.326.7113.646.226.928.439.636.269.4101.841.2
Refined Petroleum Products7495.65445.611480.72187.64449.83509.267587606.538171567.9246.11016.21624.21444.73551.4374.45935.141493781.22738.81984.7670-288.1-22.5nana
Chemical & Chemical Products4080.75146.66496.84791.34544.63747.82985.53073.22152.11462.31231.5562574.51759.1607.3264.71160.41453.61522.12135.7754.31569.49.3305.8-1395.3-106
Pharmaceutical & Biological Products7038.15807.36092.964355458.611606.172579038.58727.18639.27769.915048.41235910649.913856.410933.718439.14849.910448.25574.15759.330374358.52314.8nana
Rubber & Plastic Products260.5338.5171168.6168.3239.8345.123897.7122.6214.594.498.6254.1134.964.199.2122.5119.889107.863.474.987.881.661.6
Basic Metals0.93.86.51.9-9.2-1.31.82.1-8.6-20.8-11.3-2-11.24.843.916.99.15.212.513.4-15.516.9-15.9
Fabricated Metal Products187.1413.9369.9271299235260.9146.573.2219.4216.7172.9143.596.5473117.280.5-156.375.9135.349.193.662.5158.2168.6131.3

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20152015TextMillions Of Singapore Dollars-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_50e653cb3a37e89d9bc227470d217d0e"
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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Income Of Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Detailed Industry (During The Year), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_50e653cb3a37e89d9bc227470d217d0e/view

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Created on

31 Oct 2023

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