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Economy

Statistics Of Foreign Affiliates In Singapore By Major Industry, Annual

Data from Jan 2016 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 11 May 2026, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2025

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, 1.9 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Nominal Value Added, Total	355.5	443.3	335.9	255.5	255.1	254	221.7	198.1
Manufacturing	68.2	105.1	76.4	66.3	71.3	76.2	56.6	48.9
Wholesale Trade	119.8	145.7	100.9	74.6	74.7	67.1	61.6	56.4
Information & Communications	27.4	24.1	20.8	17.8	14	10.5	10.9	10.6
Finance & Insurance	67.7	53	51.1	44.6	46.6	43.6	39.6	35.4
Professional Services And Administrative & Support Services	27.8	28.9	25.6	23.1	22.7	32.1	29.2	26.6
Other Industries	44.5	86.5	61.2	29.2	25.8	24.6	24	20.2
Enterprise Count	32464	28678	26328	25902	25345	24688	23171	22330
Manufacturing	569	575	576	588	585	599	595	610
Wholesale Trade	7704	6936	6710	6866	6912	6860	6724	6607

Column legend

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

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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 (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7870c84f8c1d825a87f13b68e38efd6c/view

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Created on

24 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)