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Economy

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

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Apr 2026, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 23/03/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: 'na' denotes 'not available' or 'not applicable'. '-' denotes 'nil' or 'negligible' or 'not significant'. The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2025. 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/M083811

Data explorer

ForeignDirectInvestmentInSingaporeBySourceEconomyAndIndustryStockAsAtYearEndAnnual.csv (340 rows, 73.6 KB)

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(Null)0.0%
Asia2.9%
ASEAN2.9%
Africa2.9%
Europe2.9%
(Null)11.8%
(Null)12.9%
(Null)10.9%
(Null)10.6%
(Null)12.4%
(Null)10.9%
(Null)10.3%
(Null)13.2%
(Null)11.8%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)32.1%
(Null)32.9%
(Null)30.3%
(Null)33.8%
(Null)35.0%
(Null)26.2%
(Null)25.3%
(Null)24.7%
(Null)24.1%
(Null)26.8%
(Null)26.2%
(Null)29.4%
(Null)28.2%
(Null)30.6%
(Null)30.6%
(Null)34.7%
(Null)34.1%
Foreign Direct Investment - Manufacturing249584.8262771.2295292.5267895.1241402.9231109.2235413.5180971.7168934.7166433156682.6159496.4127540.7139782.5132469.5121552.5105322.8116483.2107756.110366695234.990021.184050.681186.269077.658139.651930.9
Asia43615.839543.637400.631525.325580.426035.922221.221473.820509.418960.318042.216563.715447.313508.513177.814987.115150.71574214905.613831.211765.711236.111078.310820.39579.18965.67934.6
Brunei Darussalamnanananananana5.52.9nanananananana---nanananana6.1na0.8
Mainland China1360.7512.26.9122.3-353.2-262.468.5557597.7279.41283.41011.4742.4168.11.95.4na39.816.64.922.722.32.4na3.5na-0.9
Hong Kong6707.25886.54416.93447.62915.12780.12600.62124.21792.91605.11690.4943.2727.4743.9505196.6274.4183.9306.958.5208.3297.8323375.5377.8333.4352.8
India684.1530.526.842.2-92.1-56.82.137.925282.7159.571.7328.8nana221.3490.1na383.836.117.417.115.514.516.310.612.3
Indonesia343.8nana282.4229.9413.437.5-6.5-29.8-40.4-48.6-24.3-22.7-41.9na21.919.426.425.725.336.738.430.838.25233.254.6
Israelnana-7.3-7.1-7.6-9-21.1-0.1-1.1nananananananananananananananananana
Japan17025.616727.716389.416084.914681.815249.212736.712519.811789.311385.69863.410505.110026.29284.79811.79401.510573.611097.41097410636.89483.68815.59581.392178430.77763.16989.9
Republic Of Korea1323.31410.6842.6688.3415.6226.359.627-15.2-71.2-74.7-222.1-188.7-58.9-16.4-12.233.992.9117.5167.9146.280.9100.94641.378.335

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f766ac3c3d7c30b602e25ecfd7695843"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2025). Foreign Direct Investment In Singapore By Source Economy And Industry (Stock As At Year-End), Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 2, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f766ac3c3d7c30b602e25ecfd7695843/view

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Created on

02 Mar 2025

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