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Economy

Credit And Charge Cards, Quarterly

Data from Oct 2014 to Mar 2025

Last updated: 14 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

Data Last Updated: 30/05/2025

Update Frequency: Quarterly

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M701051

Data explorer

CreditAndChargeCardsQuarterly.csv (6 rows, 2.6 KB)

Data Series Text	2025 1Q Numeric	2024 4Q Numeric	2024 3Q Numeric	2024 2Q Numeric	2024 1Q Numeric	2023 4Q Numeric	2023 3Q Numeric	2023 2Q Numeric	2023 1Q Numeric	2022 4Q Numeric	2022 3Q Numeric	2022 2Q Numeric	2022 1Q Numeric	2021 4Q Numeric	2021 3Q Numeric	2021 2Q Numeric	2021 1Q Numeric	2020 4Q Numeric	2020 3Q Numeric	2020 2Q Numeric	2020 1Q Numeric	2019 4Q Numeric	2019 3Q Numeric	2019 2Q Numeric	2019 1Q Numeric	2018 4Q Numeric	2018 3Q Numeric	2018 2Q Numeric	2018 1Q Numeric	2017 4Q Numeric	2017 3Q Numeric	2017 2Q Numeric	2017 1Q Numeric	2016 4Q Numeric	2016 3Q Numeric	2016 2Q Numeric	2016 1Q Numeric	2015 4Q Numeric	2015 3Q Numeric	2015 2Q Numeric	2015 1Q Numeric	2014 4Q 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%	(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%	(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%	(Null)0.0%
Principal Cardholders	6309808	6271929	6237819	6171544	6119017	6055395	5977666	5880151	5811161	5718090	5583511	5455292	5429178	5436052	5433411	5457649	5475243	5494132	5535685	5581540	5585472	5554446	5483932	5440251	5375117	5338237	5277049	5289691	5326725	5314129	5272460	5419516	5398496	5384744	5355225	5320648	5286239	5300864	5284796	5270234	5240689	5231538
Supplementary Cardholders	919040	928425	942262	954908	977112	991803	999023	1004409	1021254	1028796	1044036	1051274	1058042	1068986	1083799	1096268	1119228	1137805	1166800	1184315	1203817	1224995	1226382	1240771	1238246	1242809	1241994	1239325	1241210	1246965	1250837	1264513	1273681	1281938	1292720	1295984	1299044	1309946	1318877	1330275	1343358	1327237
Total Card Billings	24375.2	26225.2	24004.8	23704.7	23078.4	24254.8	22834.6	22336.4	21069.6	22162.7	20151.6	19439.1	16914.9	17861.6	15962.9	15340.7	15467.9	16213.3	14576.9	10618.7	16464	18268.1	17016.7	16603.6	15811.5	16981.8	15682.7	15473.5	14948.3	15634.7	14339.4	14125.1	13612.7	14521	13062.3	13058.6	12692.6	13610.1	12531.1	12482.7	12118.4	13038.9
Rollover Balance	8381.3	8320.1	7934.2	7579.5	7329.4	7250.5	6858	6535	6270.3	6220.1	5781.7	5527.9	5304.3	5310.5	5200.4	5148.9	5264.3	5402.5	5388.9	5535.5	6080.6	6413.2	6216.1	6207	6120.4	6231.2	6129.6	6056.8	6067.6	6173.2	6038.1	6084.2	6046.9	6211.8	6103	6033.4	6010.3	6106	6057.9	5949.3	5847.9	5848.9
Bad Debts Written Off	121.8	110	103.4	120.4	89.4	74.7	76	62.4	57.3	51.5	49.6	47.3	53.5	57.5	61	51.6	64.5	80.9	118.2	97.7	99.9	98	89	86.7	91.2	90.7	91.2	92.6	92	72.6	65.4	72.2	78.1	75.5	74.5	69.6	76.9	92.6	90	79.3	78.9	75.2
Charge-Off Rates	5.9	5.4	5.3	6.5	5	4.2	4.5	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.5	4.1	4.4	4.8	4.1	5	6.1	9.1	7.3	6.7	6.3	5.9	5.7	6.1	6	6.1	6.3	6.2	4.8	4.4	4.8	5.3	5	5	4.7	5.2	6.2	6.1	5.4	5.5	5.2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2025 1Q	20251Q	Numeric	Number	-
2024 4Q	20244Q	Numeric	Number	-
2024 3Q	20243Q	Numeric	Number	-
2024 2Q	20242Q	Numeric	Number	-
2024 1Q	20241Q	Numeric	Number	-
2023 4Q	20234Q	Numeric	Number	-
2023 3Q	20233Q	Numeric	Number	-
2023 2Q	20232Q	Numeric	Number	-
2023 1Q	20231Q	Numeric	Number	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5c8e5801c2a64e2e6b16608296ef3e02"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Credit And Charge Cards, Quarterly (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5c8e5801c2a64e2e6b16608296ef3e02/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)