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Comcare Schemes, Annual

Data from Jan 2010 to Dec 2022Updated 6 months ago

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 Text	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	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%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Overall Comcare Schemes For Households	36419	44654	46147	39197	37436	39300	39162	39548	41920	41086	42246	34908	29072
Overall Comcare Schemes For Individuals	73606	91105	96040	78580	75206	79470	83353	86759	91093	89339	85078	64933	54041
Comcare Long Term Assistance For Households	3718	3926	4078	4156	4261	4409	4387	4248	3846	3568	3420	3370	3253
Comcare Long Term Assistance For Individuals	3876	4116	4263	4373	4495	4675	4788	4540	4134	3831	3660	3608	3479
Comcare Short-To-Medium Term Assistance For Households	25890	33911	35749	28807	27122	27986	28409	29511	27461	24319	20572	14087	11602
Comcare Short-To-Medium Term Assistance For Individuals	59103	76405	80449	64380	61447	64191	65910	70407	67926	59150	51776	35941	30908
Student Care Fee Assistance For Households	8481	8800	7961	7700	7349	8413	7942	7506	6392	6000	4889	3345	3408
Student Care Fee Assistance For Individuals	11023	11149	9952	9621	9071	10331	10170	9605	8339	7828	6292	4269	4343
Comcare Interim Assistance For Individuals	6072	7374	9359	7705	6656	7090	9778	12228	14316	18018	11293	5361	2605

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	-	-
2022	2022	Numeric	-	-
2021	2021	Numeric	-	-
2020	2020	Numeric	-	-
2019	2019	Numeric	-	-
2018	2018	Numeric	-	-
2017	2017	Numeric	-	-
2016	2016	Numeric	-	-
2015	2015	Numeric	-	-
2014	2014	Numeric	-	-
2013	2013	Numeric	-	-
2012	2012	Numeric	-	-
2011	2011	Numeric	-	-
2010	2010	Numeric	-	-

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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 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5521441aca9643a2021417e096ea65d0/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)