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Economy

Government Development Expenditure By Sector, Annual

Data from Jan 1997 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 09 Dec 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

Data Last Updated: 04/08/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data refer to the Government's financial year, which begins on 1 April of the current year and ends on 31 March of the following year. Refinements have been made over time to the sectoral classification of Ministries' expenditure to better reflect the nature of the programmes. In FY2007, expenditure by the then-Ministry of Communications, Information and the Arts under the Info-Communications and Media Development Programme was reclassified from the Social Development sector to the Economic Development sector. Data for FY2025 are budgeted estimates. Data for FY2024 are revised estimates. Data up to FY2023 are actual figures. Figures may not add up due to rounding. A revised estimate refers to updates to a previously published estimate for a given Financial Year (FY). Actual figures are the finalised, audited financial position of the Government.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M130591

Data explorer

GovernmentDevelopmentExpenditureBySectorAnnual.csv (25 rows, 6.3 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
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(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)4.0%
(Null)8.0%
(Null)8.0%
(Null)8.0%
(Null)8.0%
(Null)8.0%
(Null)8.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
(Null)12.0%
Total Development Expenditure26760.223358.721484.920417.416253.413429.516670.720263.317975.118916.119356.613963.11200312583.211413.412067.810981.99356.97029.65980.27188.88601.68508.37792.98769.19493.610211.512282.38963
Social Development6108.54118.44207.85104.43757.23663.74559.94419.55618.849005033.94595.13236.33381.83603.23643.23431.42738.22824.42141.32943.93858.44386.739714169.74517.15141.45277.83306.4
Education852451319.5170.1305.1493791.1447611.1656.7699886973.4859.61042.5876.7847.1753.2742607.68671239.41217.61773.614731590.61600.61685.71102
Health2067.91206.61323.41203.81048.8949.21403.91490.31465.41619.21413.11146.8722.9605.4453.1484.8710.5336.5185.496.184.8113.5102.881.6145140.3153.1250.6274.4
National Development957.51245.91080.51221.41110.21191.19261191.11256.8124813211307.9900.71353.71572.11646.413071094.61186.9675.21010.41152.51864.61088.91769.62068.82171.82002.9971.7
Sustainability And The Environment1468.5583.2923.3831.6905707.51075.9839.11549683.8567.3427.3325.2352.3349406323.1325381.1570.5774.91100.7951.9771.4501.9528.1944.51042.3652.4
Culture, Community And Youth510.5488.6435.11571.2277.3206.9209.6299.5489.5506.8778.6617.1212.595.3nanananananananananananananana
Social And Family Development209.2113.1101.183.984.293110.5114.986.697.4110.661.840.736.863.6120.4115.396233.7102.796.997.489.7112.1117.892.1132.2138.3168.8
Digital Development And Information4125.624.92221.120.240.635.8160.187.6144.3148.260.878.7122.9108.8128132.495.289.3109.8154.9159.9143.5162.497.1139.2157.9137.3
Manpower (Financial Security)24.5005.52.81.91.90.300000000.30.500nanananananananana

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20222022TextMillion Dollars-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e75f4b407a1ad63011d7d2df2fd4358a"
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. (2024). Government Development Expenditure By Sector, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 26, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e75f4b407a1ad63011d7d2df2fd4358a/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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