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Economy

Foreign Direct Equity Investment In Singapore By Detailed Industry (Stock As At Year-End), Annual

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 09 Jun 2025, 21:01 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/M084811

Data explorer

ForeignDirectEquityInvestmentInSingaporeByDetailedIndustryStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (39 rows, 13.1 KB)

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Refined Petroleum Products24450.325307.823196.419551.321140.224105.92304621538.818803.516040.815265.49563.610430.31071810677.17969.81081111021.29972.59335.986807136.76832.57175.64672.33856.83644.84013.83513.93189.32940.82690.22720.82379.9
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Basic Metals86.126.545.8-177.6-144.1-107.2148.1121.3252.4264.6365.5145.7222.6155.1176.5486.9624.5334.921.139.733.537.13545.56035.744.536.64661.917.828.611.238.3
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_62e886dc20ea9ee78c7bef28da7dc592"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Foreign Direct Equity Investment In Singapore By Detailed Industry (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_62e886dc20ea9ee78c7bef28da7dc592/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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