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Government Health Expenditure, Annual

Data from Jan 1985 to Dec 2021Updated 7 months ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF HEALTH, ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

Data Last Updated: 15/03/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data are based on the financial year (FY), which begins in April of the current year and ends in March of the following year.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M870391

Data explorer

GovernmentHealthExpenditureAnnual.csv (5 rows, 1.7 KB)

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Per Capita Government Health Expenditure309626741954179517441657156113211100911789760751581498457432427503373391291255298289297298236209218168115131119162152177
Government Health Expenditure16883.515202.811147.110122.79764.393078639.97223.15938.14837.34091.53856.73745.82814.12283.22009.718431777.620701557.81618.61170.21011.41169.41096.91091.61051.3805.2691705.6526.9349.7383.3339nanana
Proportion Of Government Expenditure On Health To GDP2.93.22.22.12.12.121.81.51.31.21.21.310.80.90.90.91.20.910.70.70.80.70.80.80.70.70.80.70.50.60.6nanana
Development Expenditure On Health1048.8949.21403.91490.31465.41619.21413.11146.8722.9605.4453.1484.8710.5336.5185.496.184.8113.5102.881.6145140.3153.1250.6274.4nananananananananananana
Operating Expenditure On Health16273.714310.69914.88937.48734.48199.47519.85872.45043.94066.13488.832582920.22378.52019.51839.51680.416041904.21450.91445.51071.5935.8992.4896nananananananananananana

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a40c83a6f36893fc4611eda91f84eb6b"
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). Government Health Expenditure, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a40c83a6f36893fc4611eda91f84eb6b/view

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Created on

24 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)