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Economy

Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad By Industry Abroad (Stock As At Year-End), Annual

Data from Jan 1994 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 03 Jul 2025, 19:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/03/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 'na' denotes 'not available' or 'not applicable'. '-' denotes 'nil' or 'negligible' or 'not significant'. The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2020. Please refer to the Technical Notes (www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/find_data/trade-and-investment/dia2019-notes.pdf) or video on 'Understanding Foreign Direct Investment' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/trade-and-investment/foreign-direct-investment/visualising-data/understanding-foreign-direct-investment) for more information on the methodology and concepts of Direct Investment Abroad.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M084441

Data explorer

SingaporesDirectInvestmentAbroadByIndustryAbroadStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (11 rows, 3.6 KB)

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Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad - Total1523321.714709261331826.31185355.51093410.8927786.5936561.6862532.4727582.2651222545751.3498027.9449376.1426567.5370096.9311218.6316406.5245347.4200399.2179633.9152968.7146575.313144697546.592078.475218.175807.455536.449570.838372.7
Manufacturing269668.1253456.9245313.5217506.2209655.2188080.2185103.3163792.2137310116635.110456597220.29087889020.578181.870061.368869.154924.646235.637896.932583.630028.726151.52455822556.417565.414764.411515.312418.98679.9
Construction6262.54962.74473.43711.8356829843169.42783.91889.31881.91643.81474.41298.21298.61381.61150.3402.1634.1674.9912.3686.9630.4623.6731.1741.2841.4767.5556.2597.7439
Wholesale & Retail Trade111447.2106422.9101638.685194.781093.175148.277014.472268.661259.251431.843453.338361.131838.626281.523238.516854.714869.713115.111181.410003.99142.97913.47452.662215883.95151.35263.14188.640753144.4
Accommodation & Food Services12160.99784.68012.37301.57554.97873.85256.75118.94380.13831.73827.14087.93825.83775.83730.72884.72565.92228.722012197.22310.82171.92205.71813.61625.81358.91484.41019.41017.1923.9
Transportation & Storage38616.138397.135663.631191.625363.918865.717958.719643.120180.718129.914929.613063.811224.610534.49775.810660.99442.97877.89076.36310.95435.95631.75619.14575.23245.92363.53765.82011.32097.81548.4
Information & Communications76106.366286.35783942367.343688.542240.739498.339045.831215.127822.223065.722430.921122.518329.216749.714248.715221.112862.910324.89219.47056.76894.74317.91766.52257.8485.4----
Finance & Insurance750587.5755013.8665014.9607593.9547433.8432174.6436090.6395299.7356245.2332694262676.1235197.4211437.3207195.8185811.3154879.9177478.4134000.2104592.19948185294.982065.97375147436.644717.537913.840185.328839.523845.719420.8
Real Estate101888.79986494877.487764.579965.276728.775473.469190.956331.846805.74222539444.338919.934915.426774.822888.714639.410309.28523.97240.57185.27240.97868.57019.36869.46091.55817.64429.13610.42534
Professional And Administrative & Support Services61236.754074.543591.831085.827412.623885.62380526483.421645.61487711861.29752.48394.37622.25413.74590.85132.64552.13772.63235.21326.72140.31809.81915.127372351.12917.523021359.41167.9

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_adb86124a1f18ad5c2a06aa4f9027443"
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. (2023). Singapore's Direct Investment Abroad By Industry Abroad (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_adb86124a1f18ad5c2a06aa4f9027443/view

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Created on

25 Nov 2023

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)