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Economy

Number Of Charities By Sector, Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH

Data Last Updated: 02/02/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891171

Data from Jan 2014 to Dec 2024

Last updated 8 hours ago

Updated annually

Data explorer

NumberOfCharitiesBySectorAnnual.csv (8 rows, 706 B)

Data Series
Text
2024
Numeric
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
Numeric
2019
Numeric
2018
Numeric
2017
Numeric
2016
Numeric
2015
Numeric
2014
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Arts & Heritage166164162163161153151146140137124
Community9695939393909190928888
Education133131131132126126127126130121119
Health200199193176147142141141138134131
Religious10591065107010731072107310721074107510701071
Social & Welfare428423414413427405402399396383364
Sports6969707070706970666464
Others255252246239225222224217210220219
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8ecf9b5578f86ddb145ac3e3332cb0fb"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Charities By Sector, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8ecf9b5578f86ddb145ac3e3332cb0fb/view

About this dataset

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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)