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Number Of Bankruptcy Applications, Orders Made And Discharges, Annual

Data from Jan 1992 to Dec 2024Updated 6 days ago

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

Data explorer

NumberOfBankruptcyApplicationsOrdersMadeAndDischargesAnnual.csv (3 rows, 1004 B)

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Applications For Bankruptcy492539863648316028333473309729322704261225872824301923142202275429543217350640785122540443824061344340184073242220891790191318201801
Bankruptcy Orders Made1232109695810039651645165616381797177617581992174815271537205823262767298335424553448435883237271030542585169612511276141314531226
Bankruptcy Discharges810654956204524185388402720304359349935462584188113912252305615001626163416821718169831481741148623233339275215141927nanana

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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())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Bankruptcy Applications, Orders Made And Discharges, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 28, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6db4063be91465648596b9277490b83d/view

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Created on

22 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)