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Economy

Statistics Of Foreign Affiliates In Singapore By Major Industry, Annual

Data from Jan 2016 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 12 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 27/06/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 1. Statistics of foreign affiliates in Singapore are also known as inward foreign affiliates statistics (inward FATS). 2. Employment of enterprises refers to total employment excluding migrant domestic workers. 3. Value-added of enterprises refers to Gross Value Added (GVA) less ownership of dwellings.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M085791

Data explorer

StatisticsOfForeignAffiliatesInSingaporeByMajorIndustryAnnual.csv (21 rows, 1.7 KB)

Data Series
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
Nominal Value Added, Total433.3334.4250.4249.6247.2216.7193.5
Manufacturing118.775.26677.57656.449
Wholesale Trade131.7111.975.666.663.85953.8
Information & Communications19.714.415.412.78.810.810.6
Finance & Insurance50.950.644.146.142.939.134.9
Professional Services And Administrative & Support Services26.623.721.921.93228.225.8
Other Industries85.658.627.424.723.723.119.3
Enterprise Count23119213052080620524203171926518875
Manufacturing571576588584600597612
Wholesale Trade5999580258425878590758115748

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7870c84f8c1d825a87f13b68e38efd6c"
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). Statistics Of Foreign Affiliates In Singapore By Major Industry, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7870c84f8c1d825a87f13b68e38efd6c/view

About this dataset

Contact

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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)