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Economy

Top 3 Operating Expenditure Items By Industry Group In All Services Industries, Annual

Data from Jan 2018 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 09 Jun 2025, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/03/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020. Data exclude own-account workers (e.g. hawkers, stall holders, freelancers, taxi-drivers, self-employed persons operating private hire vehicles). Operating expenditure includes adjustment for changes in inventory. Data as at Feb 2025. The technical notes are available via (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/industry/services/related-info). Infographics are available via (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/industry/services/visualising-data). The top 3 operating expenditure items listed by industry group are based on the top 3 operating expenditure items for their respective broad industry for the latest reference year.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M601631

Data explorer

Top3OperatingExpenditureItemsByIndustryGroupInAllServicesIndustriesAnnual.csv (172 rows, 14.6 KB)

Data Series
Text
2023
Numeric
2022
Numeric
2021
Numeric
2020
Numeric
2019
Numeric
2018
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
SSIC 46 - Total Wholesale Trade4116836.54587614.13732341.32768730.73068611.23100816.5
Purchases Of Goods & Materials3924330.74364420.235921092630509.82944863.92981447.5
Freight & Transport Charges71573.59508951448.946472.238751.533073
Remuneration30500.12743426679.426043.424555.723586.5
SSIC 462/463 - Agricultural Materials303538352828.9319379.4271242.7257056242997.5
Purchases Of Goods & Materials285528327412.2300938.1255702.8241759.4227262.6
Freight & Transport Charges7694.513179.49551.366076484.66858.1
Remuneration3265.93097.73089.22967.830002817.4
SSIC 464 - Household Goods173328.4171227.3134584.7118764.1119812.8119058.4
Purchases Of Goods & Materials140047.7141018.9115379.5102154.8102105102812.6

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextMillion Dollars-
20232023NumericMillion Dollars-
20222022NumericMillion Dollars-
20212021NumericMillion Dollars-
20202020NumericMillion Dollars-
20192019NumericMillion Dollars-
20182018NumericMillion Dollars-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a2829a647d8161c6f1ec54a440603e37"
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). Top 3 Operating Expenditure Items By Industry Group In All Services Industries, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a2829a647d8161c6f1ec54a440603e37/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)