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Economy

Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Source Economy (Stock As At Year-End), Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 01 Jun 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 26/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 'na' denotes 'not available' or 'not applicable'. '-' denotes 'nil' or 'negligible' or 'not significant'. Please refer to the Technical Notes (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/find_data/trade-and-investment/fdi-notes.ashx) or video on 'Understanding Foreign Direct Investment' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/trade-and-investment/foreign-direct-investment/visualising-data/understanding-foreign-direct-investment) for more information on the methodology and concepts of Foreign Direct Investment.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M083801

Data explorer

ForeignDirectInvestmentInSingaporeBySourceEconomyStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (54 rows, 13.3 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)13.0%	(Null)14.8%	(Null)14.8%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%
Total	2843105.6	2607993.5	2463715.3	2121348.3	1913321.8	1727906.2	1562234.2	1352400.5	1268051	1112348.1	905760.4	808461.3	702495.2	665113.4	574703.6	510585.2	466567.4	370494.7	323821.1	276819.2	246185.4	229318.6	216454.5	191452.5	170820.8	144197.2
Asia	600507	560135.3	487766.3	425561.4	395811.6	349677.6	323863.9	290590.3	299221.6	283770.4	220160.7	197698.3	170941.3	168772.1	145894.9	120240.3	105294.1	82495.8	78250.8	62242.1	57745.6	54624.2	51172.5	49403	47763.1	43732.1
Brunei Darussalam	278.3	316.3	293.6	307.3	363	388.2	370.7	352.9	324.8	341.2	389.5	369.7	338.2	292.5	317.9	297	283.7	309.1	380.7	357.9	341.2	362.9	351.1	312.6	292	177.2
Cambodia	11.6	130.5	151.1	99.2	65.3	28.5	19.7	15.9	21.7	21	23.1	22.6	22.8	6.9	0.9	1.5	1.5	0.5	1	1	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.4
Mainland China	68252.3	62440	52217.3	44690	43733.1	39990.2	39696.3	23806.5	22688.7	16002	17846.2	16306.2	15096.8	17163.2	9725.7	4423.7	2314.1	1689.5	910	359.7	856.8	955.1	876.8	890.9	966.7	753.1
Hong Kong	110547	96363.9	90357.1	86610.4	70526.2	56590.1	56212	56012.3	48713	50218.2	33490.1	30393.2	21801	19555.2	18145.8	11939.1	6887.3	6317.5	4701.5	3196.8	3905.8	4731	5587.5	6170.9	4852.5	4631.6
India	31628.6	24188.5	21955.8	19405.5	26319.7	26262.2	22180.7	18454	23903.7	25759.3	25443.9	23861.8	23104.1	24542	21954.8	16861.4	13025.7	2577.6	1303.1	481	353.5	404.4	349.7	264.4	281.6	287.9
Indonesia	19877.3	12261.2	8884.3	5152.4	5929.9	4543.3	4592.6	4487.5	3119.5	2347.6	2798.6	3819.1	2054.7	4275.8	3894	2962.4	1976.9	1015	683.7	1091.2	1662.9	1762.3	1611.5	1646.3	1171.8	1362.8
Israel	2746.9	2249.8	1772.3	1828	925.1	782.2	1561.1	1782.1	1931.5	4503.3	4667.7	4534.1	4747.4	4710.9	4992.5	5060.8	5124.9	4656.3	4982.7	4633.4	2316.6	3.9	2.2	7.7	4.5	2.9
Japan	181047.1	178856.6	156740.7	139432.4	131125.1	115879.4	97742.4	91706.7	115247.2	110106.2	72246.2	60068.8	55338.2	56005.2	50515.4	50446.1	47540.2	44970.5	44812.5	37502	33959.2	33051	29910.9	29154.7	28616.7	26092.3

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-
2015	2015	Text	Millions Of Singapore Dollars	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Source Economy (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 20, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f740abf613bae719da0f074229bd26dc/view

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Created on

31 Oct 2023

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