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This dataset is published in the Commissioner of Charities Annual Report which contains the number of charities sorted annually by sector
Number of Charities By Sector
Data explorer
NumberofCharitiesbySector.csv (64 rows, 1.2 KB)
Year
Year (YYYY)
Primary Sector
Text
Value
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2020
Arts & Heritage
161
2020
Community
93
2020
Education
126
2020
Health
147
2020
Religious
1072
2020
Others
225
2020
Social & Welfare
427
2020
Sports
70
2021
Arts & Heritage
163
2021
Community
93
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Column legend
Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Year
year
Year (YYYY)
-
-
Primary Sector
level_1
Text
-
Primary Sector of the charities
Value
value
Numeric
Number
-
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This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.
Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. (2018). Number of Charities by Sector (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bd72deef0a769a0177e5ab2b3ee031f0/view