Research and Development Expenditure by Type of Cost

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ResearchandDevelopmentExpenditurebyTypeofCost.csv (216 rows, 17 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Sector Text	Type of Expenditure Text	Type of Cost Text	R&d expenditure Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2018	Private Sector	Capital Expenditure	Land, Buildings & Other Structures	50.28
2018	Private Sector	Capital Expenditure	Vehicles, Plant, Machinery & Equipment	380.4
2018	Private Sector	Manpower Expenditure	Researchers	2323.11
2018	Private Sector	Manpower Expenditure	Technicians	82.16
2018	Private Sector	Manpower Expenditure	Other Supporting Staff	172.53
2018	Private Sector	Other Operating Expenditure	Other Operating Costs	2629.91
2018	Government Sector	Capital Expenditure	Land, Buildings & Other Structures	20.92
2018	Government Sector	Capital Expenditure	Vehicles, Plant, Machinery & Equipment	38.62
2018	Government Sector	Manpower Expenditure	Researchers	425.2
2018	Government Sector	Manpower Expenditure	Technicians	21.73

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Sector	sector	Text	-	-
Type of Expenditure	type_of_expenditure	Text	-	-
Type of Cost	type_of_cost	Text	-	-
R&d expenditure	rnd_expenditure	Numeric	S$ Millions	-

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cc41558cfd5e42d6cf1f8ae2ce7b1fbe"
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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Agency For Science, Technology and Research. (2016). Research and Development Expenditure by Type of Cost (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved February 7, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cc41558cfd5e42d6cf1f8ae2ce7b1fbe/view

R&D expenditure by Type of Cost

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ResearchandDevelopmentExpenditurebyTypeofCost.csv (216 rows, 17 KB)

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