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Collection: Government Budget and Fiscal Position, Annual

Dataset: Government Expenditure by Type

Economy

Government Expenditure by Type

Data from Jan 1997 to Jan 2026

Last updated: 20 Feb 2026, 17:46 SGT

MOF (Ministry of Finance)

Total Expenditure comprises Operating and Development Expenditure.

Operating expenditures are expenses incurred to maintain the operations and regular activities of the Government, and Government grants and transfers. They include expenditure on manpower, other operating expenditure, grants, transfers and capital injections to Statutory Boards and other organisations, and other transfers. Agency fees on land sales, investment expenses, SINGA-related outlays and net disbursements of advances are excluded.

Development expenditures are expenses that represent a longer-term investment and/or are incurred on capital assets in respect of or in connection with the economic development or general welfare of Singapore. Examples of spending areas are on the acquisition of heavy equipment and capital assets, e.g. buildings and roads. Land-related expenditure (from FY2001) and net lending are excluded.

Figures may not add up due to rounding.

Data explorer

GovernmentExpenditurebyType.csv (240 rows, 19.1 KB)

Financial Year Year (YYYY)	Actual Revised Estimated Text	Type Text	Category Text	Class Text	Amount Text
(Null)0.0% 19973.3% 19983.3% 19993.3% 20003.3%	(Null)0.0% Actual93.3% Revised3.3% Estimated3.3%	(Null)0.0% Operating75.0% Development25.0%	(Null)0.0% Transfers37.5% Running Cost37.5% Development Expenditure25.0%	(Null)0.0% Government Development12.5% Expenditure on Manpower12.5% Other Operating Expenditure12.5% Social Transfers to Individuals12.5%	(Null)0.0%
1997	Actual	Development	Development Expenditure	Government Development	5326
1997	Actual	Development	Development Expenditure	Grants and Capital injections to Organisations	3637
1997	Actual	Operating	Running Cost	Expenditure on Manpower	3063
1997	Actual	Operating	Running Cost	Grants, Transfers and Capital Injections	2378
1997	Actual	Operating	Running Cost	Other Operating Expenditure	7586
1997	Actual	Operating	Transfers	International Organisations and Overseas Development Assistance	0
1997	Actual	Operating	Transfers	Social Transfers to Individuals	200
1997	Actual	Operating	Transfers	Transfers to Institutions and Organisations	853
1998	Actual	Development	Development Expenditure	Government Development	6981
1998	Actual	Development	Development Expenditure	Grants and Capital injections to Organisations	5301

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Financial Year	financial_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Actual Revised Estimated	actual_revised_estimated	Text	-	-
Type	type	Text	-	-
Category	category	Text	-	-
Class	class	Text	-	-
Amount	amount	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6a804a6860b5c51af08df679a71bc190"
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.

Ministry of Finance. (2016). Government Expenditure by Type (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 6, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6a804a6860b5c51af08df679a71bc190/view

About this dataset

Contact

mof_qsm@mof.gov.sg

Created on

24 Mar 2016

Licence

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

Agency

MOF (Ministry of Finance)