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Economy

Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad (Stock As At Year-End), Annual

Data from Jan 1994 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 02 Mar 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/03/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 'na' denotes 'not available' or 'not applicable'. '-' denotes 'nil' or 'negligible' or 'not significant'. Please refer to the Technical Notes (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/find_data/trade-and-investment/dia-notes.ashx) or video on 'Understanding Foreign Direct Investment' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/trade-and-investment/foreign-direct-investment/visualising-data/understanding-foreign-direct-investment) for more information on the methodology and concepts of Direct Investment Abroad.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M082221

Data explorer

SingaporesDirectInvestmentAbroadStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (3 rows, 1.2 KB)

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Direct Investment1523321.714709261331826.31185355.51093410.8927786.5936561.6862532.4727582.2651222545751.3498027.9449376.1426567.5370096.9311218.6316406.5245347.4200399.2179633.9152968.7146575.313144697546.592078.475218.175807.455536.449570.838372.7
Direct Equity Investment13834141339796.41210398.11067704.41003677.6857690.8868722.9769847.8641929576853.8475991.3431140388345.6363309.6309103.5255596.8258511.4201802.3166910.3148123.3128197.6118765.2102943.870690.662050.550668.154038.940097.238187.228771.5
Net Inter-Company Lending139907.7131129.6121428.2117651.189733.270095.867838.792684.585653.174368.269760.166887.961030.563257.960993.455621.957895.143545.133488.831510.624771.127810.128502.226855.930027.924549.921768.515439.211383.69601.3

Column legend

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Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextMillion Dollars-
20232023NumericMillion Dollars-
20222022NumericMillion Dollars-
20212021NumericMillion Dollars-
20202020NumericMillion Dollars-
20192019NumericMillion Dollars-
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20152015NumericMillion Dollars-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8927bba50b025d2b1b854f59c303f1e0"
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. (2023). Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8927bba50b025d2b1b854f59c303f1e0/view

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Created on

17 Feb 2023

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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)