Research And Development Expenditure By Sector, Annual

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Research And Development Expenditure By Sector, Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

Data Last Updated: 15/03/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: R&D expenditure by detailed breakdowns is only available up to the nearest hundred thousand dollars from 1990 to 1998.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M081321

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2021

Last updated 11 months ago (11 Oct 2025)

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ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenditureBySectorAnnual.csv (5 rows, 1.8 KB)

Data Series Text	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric
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Total	11175.89	10405.17	9690.45	9198.76	9002.13	9136.46	9207.58	8307.22	7393.51	7074.25	7271.73	6308.04	6009.08	7113.54	6326.2	4998.45	4569.41	4041.47	3396.9	3368.34	3232.68	3009.52	2656.3	2492.3	2104.6	1792.1	1366.6	1175	997.9	949.5	756.8	571.7
Private Sector	7088.19	6602.9	5916.67	5484.22	5325.15	5295.59	5469.39	4989.14	4315.42	4238.01	4446.29	3761.11	3689.06	5105.45	4222.1	3281.74	3018.54	2569.56	2053.62	2055.01	2045.02	1866.05	1670.86	1536.1	1314.5	1133.4	881.4	736.2	618.6	577.6	442	309.5
Institutes Of Higher Learning	1486.08	1461.61	1598.54	1654.83	1663.5	1656.06	1583.42	1356.58	1319.37	1199.42	1091.55	973.64	855.98	709.77	602.99	575.67	477.99	424.71	457.5	430.01	366.98	338.27	309.97	305.8	277.7	238.7	193.4	179.5	157.3	156	147.1	119.7
Government Sector	1414.13	1280.97	1110.89	1068.41	1009.62	1025.52	1027.9	972.1	857.86	724.96	758.29	672.29	683.12	544.54	770.83	518.26	442.82	442.17	435.82	449.07	425.1	423.81	304.85	299.8	216.1	166.8	110.4	142.1	106.5	105	96.8	99.4
Public Research Institutes	1187.49	1059.69	1064.34	991.31	1003.86	1159.29	1126.86	989.39	900.86	911.86	975.6	901	780.92	753.78	730.28	622.78	630.06	605.02	449.95	434.26	395.58	381.4	370.61	350.5	296.2	253.2	181.4	117.2	115.5	110.8	70.8	43.1

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Million Dollars	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2014	2014	Numeric	Million Dollars	-
2013	2013	Numeric	Million Dollars	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Research And Development Expenditure By Sector, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8a847107c30ea4e1494f5ca85171077b/view

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