Number Of Bankruptcy Applications, Orders Made And Discharges, Annual

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Data from Jan 1992 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 09 Jun 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: INSOLVENCY OFFICE

Data Last Updated: 17/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: A Bankruptcy Order may translate into more than 1 bankrupt. As such, the number of Bankruptcy Orders made and the number of Bankruptcy Discharges may not necessarily add up with the Total Number of Undischarged Bankrupts.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890561

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NumberOfBankruptcyApplicationsOrdersMadeAndDischargesAnnual.csv (3 rows, 1004 B)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	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	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Text	1993 Text	1992 Text
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Applications For Bankruptcy	4925	3986	3648	3160	2833	3473	3097	2932	2704	2612	2587	2824	3019	2314	2202	2754	2954	3217	3506	4078	5122	5404	4382	4061	3443	4018	4073	2422	2089	1790	1913	1820	1801
Bankruptcy Orders Made	1232	1096	958	1003	965	1645	1656	1638	1797	1776	1758	1992	1748	1527	1537	2058	2326	2767	2983	3542	4553	4484	3588	3237	2710	3054	2585	1696	1251	1276	1413	1453	1226
Bankruptcy Discharges	810	654	956	2045	2418	5388	4027	2030	4359	3499	3546	2584	1881	1391	2252	3056	1500	1626	1634	1682	1718	1698	3148	1741	1486	2323	3339	2752	1514	1927	na	na	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6db4063be91465648596b9277490b83d"
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). Number Of Bankruptcy Applications, Orders Made And Discharges, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6db4063be91465648596b9277490b83d/view

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