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Zakat Nisab Rates

Data from Jan 2008 to Apr 2024

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:27 SGT

MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura)

Zakat Nisab is the minimum amount for a Muslim's net worth to be obligated to give zakat.

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_cd3256f3713239aceedf395b9a1627a5"
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.

Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura. (2017). Zakat Nisab Rates (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cd3256f3713239aceedf395b9a1627a5/view

About this dataset

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Created on

26 Jan 2017

Licence

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

Agency

MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura)

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Zakat Nisab Rates

Data from Jan 2008 to Apr 2024

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:27 SGT

MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura)

Zakat Nisab is the minimum amount for a Muslim's net worth to be obligated to give zakat.

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ZakatNisabRates.csv (196 rows, 2.7 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Zakat nisab rates Numeric	Corrected Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)99.5% 36440.5%
2008-01	3445	3644
2008-02	3741
2008-03	3856
2008-04	3985
2008-05	3715
2008-06	3605
2008-07	3599
2008-08	3796
2008-09	3517
2008-10	3494

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	Year and Month
Zakat nisab rates	zakat_nisab_rates	Numeric	-	-
Corrected	Corrected	Text	-	-

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