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Economy

Tax Deductible Donations By Sector, Annual

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 14 Aug 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH

Data Last Updated: 20/02/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data for 'Self-Help Groups' have been classified under 'Social & Welfare' sector from the year 2013 onwards due to the nature of the charities' objectives.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891181

Data explorer

TaxDeductibleDonationsBySectorAnnual.csv (8 rows, 799 B)

Data Series
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)0.0%
Arts & Heritage3232.234.559.741.743.661.3149.155.229.728.7
Community16.814.91415.913.220.219.327.127.115.611.7
Education201.6248.7195.1263.1349.6353.1216.7358.3307.7325.8412.9
Health300248.6221.7252.5295219.8205.1295.2229205.8187.3
Self-Help Groupsnananananananananana29.4
Social & Welfare391.6354.7454.9316.3285.2313.1278.4434.5402.1310.6265.3
Sports8.264.67.855.55.98.76.45.46
Others134.2128.38899.779.196.678.988.164.876.889.9

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e95b420877d3934ea2c85ea1151d841d"
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). Tax Deductible Donations By Sector, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e95b420877d3934ea2c85ea1151d841d/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)