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Economy

Water Sales, Annual

Data from Jan 2016 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 08 Jul 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, PUB, SINGAPORE S NATIONAL WATER AGENCY

Data Last Updated: 18/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in domestic sales of potable water due to more prevalent work-from-home arrangements; and a decrease in non-domestic sales of potable water, sales of NEWater and industrial water due to an overall decline in economic activities.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890421

Data explorer

WaterSalesAnnual.csv (5 rows, 478 B)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 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%
Sales Of Potable Water	509.5	506.7	501.4	501.2	500.2	495.5	499.4	517
Domestic	300.2	305.9	316.5	320.7	297.6	294.2	294.8	301.4
Non-Domestic	209.3	200.8	184.9	180.5	202.6	201.3	204.5	215.6
Sales Of Newater	145.1	148.2	148.9	141.1	145.5	140.5	140.2	126.9
Sales Of Industrial Water	13.7	12	11.4	13	17.9	20.6	19.9	21

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Million Cubic Metres Per Year	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9db4902c7a47357441dac7d2806032a5"
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. (2024). Water Sales, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 9, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9db4902c7a47357441dac7d2806032a5/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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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)