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Economy

Comcare Schemes, Annual

Data from Jan 2010 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 16 Jun 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT

Data Last Updated: 24/10/2023

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Financial Year begins on 1 April of the reporting year and ends on 31 March of the following year. Data refer to households and individuals that have received assistance under the respective ComCare Schemes within the Financial Year.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891241

Data explorer

ComcareSchemesAnnual.csv (9 rows, 1.4 KB)

Data Series
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2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
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2019
Numeric
2018
Numeric
2017
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2016
Numeric
2015
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2014
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2013
Numeric
2012
Numeric
2011
Numeric
2010
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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Overall Comcare Schemes For Households36419446544614739197374363930039162395484192041086422463490829072
Overall Comcare Schemes For Individuals73606911059604078580752067947083353867599109389339850786493354041
Comcare Long Term Assistance For Households3718392640784156426144094387424838463568342033703253
Comcare Long Term Assistance For Individuals3876411642634373449546754788454041343831366036083479
Comcare Short-To-Medium Term Assistance For Households25890339113574928807271222798628409295112746124319205721408711602
Comcare Short-To-Medium Term Assistance For Individuals59103764058044964380614476419165910704076792659150517763594130908
Student Care Fee Assistance For Households8481880079617700734984137942750663926000488933453408
Student Care Fee Assistance For Individuals11023111499952962190711033110170960583397828629242694343
Comcare Interim Assistance For Individuals60727374935977056656709097781222814316180181129353612605

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5521441aca9643a2021417e096ea65d0"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Comcare Schemes, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 1, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5521441aca9643a2021417e096ea65d0/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)