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Economy

Distribution Of Monthly Household Expenditure By Type Of Goods And Services, Quinquennial

Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 01 May 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/11/2024

Update Frequency: Quinquennial

Footnotes: Expenditure data include imputed rental of owner-occupied accommodation. Data for 1992/93 exclude 1-person households.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M212151

Data explorer

DistributionOfMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureByTypeOfGoodsAndServicesQuinquennial.csv (17 rows, 1.3 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2003 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1993 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%
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Food And Food Serving Services	20	19.5	20.6	21.6	21.2	23.8	26.4
Food And Non-Alcoholic Beverages	6.4	6.4	7.5	8.2	9	10.5	13.1
Food And Beverage Serving Services	13.6	13.1	13.1	13.3	12.3	13.3	13.3
Clothing And Footwear	1.7	2	2.7	3.2	3.3	3.9	5.8
Housing And Related Expenditure	29.8	27.6	29.8	26.3	24.1	24.1	23.5
Housing And Utilities	24.4	23.1	25.3	22.2	18.5	18.2	17.5
Imputed Rental Of Owner-Occupied Accommodation	16.7	16.2	18	14.1	11.7	12.5	12.3
Furnishing, Household Equipment And Routine Household Maintenance	5.4	4.5	4.4	4.1	5.6	6	6
Health	6.7	5.2	4.3	4.8	4.3	3.4	2.9

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per Cent	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2013	2013	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2008	2008	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2003	2003	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1998	1998	Numeric	Per Cent	-
1993	1993	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b019b2a59996e9c7dd926898e16a7412"
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. (2023). Distribution Of Monthly Household Expenditure By Type Of Goods And Services, Quinquennial (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 29, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b019b2a59996e9c7dd926898e16a7412/view

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Created on

17 Feb 2023

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