Government Overall Fiscal Position (% Of GDP), Annual

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Government Overall Fiscal Position (% Of GDP), Annual

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Data Last Updated: 20/03/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data refer to the Government's financial year, which begins on 1 April of the current year and ends on 31 March of the following year. Fiscal position may not be fully comparable across financial years due to the reclassification of revenue and expenditure items over time. Data for FY2026 are budgeted estimates. Data for FY2025 are revised estimates. Data up to FY2024 are actual figures. Figures may not add up due to rounding. Data may differ from previous years due to revisions to GDP estimates. Year-on-year comparison for Fees and Charges (Excluding Vehicle Quota Premiums) and Others between FY2025 and FY2026 may not be meaningful due to changes in scope (see explanatory notes in The Revenue and Expenditure Estimates for the Financial Year 2026/2027 published by the Ministry of Finance) www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/revenue-and-expenditure/revenue-expenditure-estimates

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M130661

Data from Jan 1997 to Dec 2026

Last updated 3 days ago (12 Sep 2026)

Updated annually

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GovernmentOverallFiscalPositionOfGDPAnnual.csv (17 rows, 3.8 KB)

Data Series Text	2026 Numeric	2025 Numeric	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Text	2020 Text	2019 Text	2018 Text	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text	1997 Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)5.9%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)11.8%	(Null)17.6%	(Null)17.6%	(Null)17.6%
Operating Revenue	16	16.3	14.9	14.8	12.9	13.2	13.6	14.5	14.4	15.8	15.3	15.2	15	14.7	15	14.3	13.7	13.4	15.2	14.5	12.8	12.9	13.9	14.5	15.2	17.8	18.6	20.3	19.7	19.5
Tax Revenue	14.2	14.4	13.4	13.5	11.7	12	12.4	13.2	12.9	14.5	13.9	13.7	13.6	13.3	13.6	12.9	12.3	12	13.4	12.8	11.2	11.2	12	12.3	12.9	15.1	15.2	15	15.2	15.4
Fees And Charges	1.6	1.8	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.7	2	2.3	2.6	3.3	3	2.2	2.7
Others	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.3	2.3	1.4
Total Expenditure	16.3	15.5	14.5	15.1	14.9	15.2	17.4	14.7	15.2	15.3	15.8	15.8	14	13.3	13.2	13.1	13.5	14.2	14.1	11.9	12.3	13.1	14.6	16.3	16.2	17.1	16.5	16.7	19	15.4
Operating Expenditure	12.3	12.2	11.5	12	12	12.6	14.7	11.4	11.2	11.6	11.6	11.3	10.5	10.2	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.5	10.6	9.3	9.8	9.8	10.3	11.4	11.6	11.6	10.9	9.9	10.4	9.4
Development Expenditure	4	3.4	3	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.7	3.2	3.9	3.7	4.2	4.5	3.4	3.1	3.4	3.2	3.6	3.7	3.5	2.5	2.5	3.3	4.3	4.9	4.7	5.5	5.6	6.8	8.7	6
Primary Surplus/(Deficit)	-0.3	0.8	0.4	-0.3	-2	-2	-3.8	-0.2	-0.8	0.5	-0.5	-0.6	1	1.4	1.8	1.3	0.2	-0.8	1.1	2.7	0.6	-0.2	-0.7	-1.8	-1	0.7	2.1	3.7	0.7	4.1
Special Transfers	2.6	2.9	3.2	3.9	1.3	1.1	10.3	2.9	1.8	1.3	1.4	2.4	3.1	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.1	1.9	2.6	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	1.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	0	0.6
Special Transfers Excluding Top-Ups To Statutory And Trust Funds	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.1	6.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1	1	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.4	1.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.2	0.6	0.3	0	0.2

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per Cent	-
2026	2026	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2025	2025	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021	2021	Text	Per Cent	-
2020	2020	Text	Per Cent	-
2019	2019	Text	Per Cent	-
2018	2018	Text	Per Cent	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Government Overall Fiscal Position (% Of GDP), Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9c0e02a3653b6b73cd3b7b6ec4263f71/view

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