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Online Shoppers

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Online Shoppers

Data from Jan 2002 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:08 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

To track the adoption of online shopping in Singapore

Data explorer

OnlineShoppers.csv (17 rows, 152 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Percentage Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2002	18
2003	17
2004	27
2005	27
2006	30
2007	35
2008	36
2009	40
2010	42
2011	50

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Percentage	percentage	Numeric	Percentage	-

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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_f3497f7be32de3c4215eb24229a3c028"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2016). Online Shoppers (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f3497f7be32de3c4215eb24229a3c028/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

04 May 2016

Licence

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

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)