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Economy

Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households By Type Of Goods And Services, Quinquennial

Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 08 Aug 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/11/2024

Update Frequency: Quinquennial

Footnotes: Expenditure data include imputed rental of owner-occupied accommodation. Data for 1992/93 exclude 1-person households.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M212981

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsByTypeOfGoodsAndServicesQuinquennial.csv (17 rows, 1.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2003 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1993 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%
Total	7118.7	6160.8	5815.3	4432.5	3797.8	3627.6	3033.4
Food And Food Serving Services	1421.7	1203.9	1197.4	956.3	806.1	862.2	800.4
Food And Non-Alcoholic Beverages	455.9	394	433.3	364.6	340.5	380.5	396.3
Food And Beverage Serving Services	965.7	809.9	764.1	591.7	465.6	481.7	404.1
Clothing And Footwear	119.6	122.9	155.6	143.1	127	139.7	177.2
Housing And Related Expenditure	2122.1	1703.1	1730.3	1165.7	916.5	875.3	712.4
Housing And Utilities	1737.5	1425.6	1473.6	983.6	704.1	659.1	531.2
Imputed Rental Of Owner-Occupied Accommodation	1187.7	998	1046.8	623.6	445.9	451.9	371.8
Furnishing, Household Equipment And Routine Household Maintenance	384.6	277.5	256.7	182.1	212.5	216.2	181.1
Health	473.5	320.1	253	211.4	163.5	121.6	88.9

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Dollar	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Dollar	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Dollar	-
2013	2013	Numeric	Dollar	-
2008	2008	Numeric	Dollar	-
2003	2003	Numeric	Dollar	-
1998	1998	Numeric	Dollar	-
1993	1993	Numeric	Dollar	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7a24e1f85969c45ad68a89f7acf4e7a8"
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). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households By Type Of Goods And Services, Quinquennial (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7a24e1f85969c45ad68a89f7acf4e7a8/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)