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Economy

Government Overall Fiscal Position (% Of GDP), Annual

Data from Jan 1997 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 12 Sep 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Data Last Updated: 04/08/2025

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 FY2025 are budgeted estimates. Data for FY2024 are revised estimates. Data up to FY2023 are actual figures. Figures may not add up due to rounding. A revised estimate refers to updates to a previously published estimate for a given Financial Year (FY). Actual figures are the finalised, audited financial position of the Government. Data may differ from previous years due to revisions to GDP estimates.

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

Data explorer

GovernmentOverallFiscalPositionOfGDPAnnual.csv (18 rows, 3.9 KB)

Data Series
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2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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1998
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1997
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)22.2%
(Null)22.2%
(Null)22.2%
Operating Revenue16.115.6151313.413.714.514.415.815.315.21514.71514.313.713.415.214.512.812.913.914.515.217.818.620.319.719.5
Tax Revenue14.414.113.711.812.112.513.212.914.513.913.713.613.313.612.912.31213.412.811.211.21212.312.915.115.21515.215.4
Fees And Charges1.51.51.21.11.11.11.21.41.21.31.41.41.41.31.41.41.31.71.71.51.61.722.32.63.332.22.7
Others0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.100.10.10.20.20.10.10.12.32.31.4
Total Expenditure16.215.115.314.915.417.614.715.215.315.815.81413.313.213.113.514.214.111.912.313.114.616.316.217.116.516.71915.4
Operating Expenditure12.71212.21212.714.811.411.211.611.611.310.510.29.89.99.910.510.69.39.89.810.311.411.611.610.99.910.49.4
Development Expenditure3.53.13.12.92.62.73.23.93.74.24.53.43.13.43.23.63.73.52.52.53.34.34.94.75.55.66.88.76
Primary Surplus/(Deficit)-0.10.5-0.3-2-2-3.9-0.2-0.80.5-0.5-0.611.41.81.30.2-0.81.12.70.6-0.2-0.7-1.8-10.72.13.70.74.1
Special Transfers3.13.43.91.31.110.32.91.81.31.42.43.12.22.42.42.11.92.60.81.50.40.80.31.13.31.10.500.6
Special Transfers Excluding Top-Ups To Endowment And Trust Funds0.50.40.40.41.16.80.30.30.40.6110.80.40.80.41.41.50.51.10.30.50.30.72.20.60.300.2

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Data type
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Description
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20242024NumericPer Cent-
20232023NumericPer Cent-
20222022NumericPer Cent-
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20202020TextPer Cent-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9c0e02a3653b6b73cd3b7b6ec4263f71"
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). Government Overall Fiscal Position (% Of GDP), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved October 11, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9c0e02a3653b6b73cd3b7b6ec4263f71/view

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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)