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Singapore Trade Balance

1976 - 2020 | Monthly | USD mn | CEIC Data

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Singapore Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 3.2 USD bn in Oct 2020, compared with a surplus of 2.2 USD bn in the previous month. Singapore Trade Balance data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1976 to Oct 2020, with an averaged value of -0.7 USD mn. The data reached an all-time high of 6.0 USD bn in Dec 2011 and a record low of -1.3 USD bn in Oct 1993. CEIC calculates monthly Trade Balance from monthly Total Exports and monthly Total Imports. The Department of Statistics provides Total Exports and Total Imports in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

In the latest reports, Singapore Total Exports reached 30.0 USD bn in Oct 2020, a decrease of 7.5 % year on year. Total Imports recorded 26.8 USD bn in Oct 2020, a decrease of 9.0 % year on year.

What was Singapore's Trade Balance in Oct 2020?

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
3,208.0 USD mn Oct 2020 monthly Jan 1976 - Oct 2020	2,221.6 USD mn Sep 2020 monthly Jan 1976 - Oct 2020	-1,270.9 Oct 1993	6,041.2 Dec 2011	USD mn	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020 Updated on 17 Nov 2020

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Country/Region	Last	Frequency	Range
Albania (USD mn)	-308.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Oct 1998 - Oct 2020
Algeria (USD mn)	-791.7 Jan 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jan 2020
Argentina (USD mn)	718.4 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Oct 2020
Armenia (USD mn)	-184.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Nov 1995 - Oct 2020
Australia (USD mn)	5,309.4 Oct 2020	monthly	Jul 1971 - Oct 2020
Austria (USD mn)	-788.8 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Aug 2020
Azerbaijan (USD mn)	-432.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Sep 2020
Bahrain (USD mn)	856.2 2019	yearly	1966 - 2019
Bangladesh (USD mn)	-923.8 Sep 2020	monthly	Jul 1986 - Sep 2020
Belarus (USD mn)	338.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Sep 2020
Belgium (USD mn)	-1,510.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Sep 2020
Bolivia (USD mn)	-66.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Oct 1994 - Oct 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn)	-314.6 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Oct 2020
Botswana (USD mn)	-104.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Sep 2020
Brazil (USD mn)	3,727.7 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1959 - Nov 2020
Brunei (USD mn)	-104.4 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Aug 2020
Bulgaria (USD mn)	-274.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Sep 2020
Cambodia (USD mn)	-27.9 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1981 - Aug 2020
Canada (USD mn)	-2,847.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Oct 2020
Chile (USD mn)	1,208.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1968 - Oct 2020
China (USD mn)	58,443.1 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1981 - Oct 2020
Colombia (USD mn)	-944.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1958 - Sep 2020
Croatia (USD mn)	-776.1 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Aug 2020
Cyprus (USD mn)	-464.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Czech Republic (USD mn)	3,016.2 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1996 - Sep 2020
Denmark (USD mn)	1,029.1 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Sep 2020
Ecuador (USD mn)	401.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1965 - Sep 2020
Egypt (USD mn)	-2,706.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Estonia (USD mn)	4.9 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Sep 2020
European Union (USD mn)	27,127.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Sep 2020
Finland (USD mn)	-447.8 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1992 - Sep 2020
France (USD mn)	-6,770.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Sep 2020
Georgia (USD mn)	-393.5 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Oct 2020
Germany (USD mn)	20,741.6 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Ghana (USD mn)	196.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2005 - Sep 2020
Greece (USD mn)	-1,744.6 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Sep 2020
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn)	-4,742.5 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Hungary (USD mn)	1,336.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Sep 2020
Iceland (USD mn)	-51.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
India (USD mn)	-9,960.0 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Nov 2020
Indonesia (USD mn)	3,576.2 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1967 - Oct 2020
Iran (USD mn)	20,500.0 2015	yearly	1950 - 2015
Ireland (USD mn)	8,864.6 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1970 - Sep 2020
Israel (USD mn)	-1,553.8 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Oct 2020
Italy (USD mn)	8,365.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Sep 2020
Ivory Coast (USD mn)	-97.6 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1981 - Aug 2020
Japan (USD mn)	2,987.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 1995 - Oct 2020
Jordan (USD mn)	-869.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1972 - Sep 2020
Kazakhstan (USD mn)	-246.6 Sep 2020	monthly	Sep 1995 - Sep 2020
Kenya (USD mn)	-802.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Oct 1992 - Sep 2020
South Korea (USD mn)	5,930.0 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Nov 2020
Kosovo (USD mn)	-314.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Oct 2020
Kuwait (USD mn)	1,050.4 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Jul 2020
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn)	-88.8 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Sep 2020
Laos (USD mn)	-9.9 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 1992 - Jun 2020
Latvia (USD mn)	-180.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Sep 2020
Lebanon (USD mn)	-525.4 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Aug 2020
Lithuania (USD mn)	45.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Sep 2020
Luxembourg (USD mn)	-578.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Sep 2020
Macau SAR, China (USD mn)	-1,348.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Oct 2020
North Macedonia (USD mn)	-101.9 Sep 2020	monthly	Dec 1993 - Sep 2020
Malawi (USD mn)	-123.8 May 2020	monthly	Jan 1964 - May 2020
Malaysia (USD mn)	4,637.9 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Oct 2020
Malta (USD mn)	-155.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1960 - Sep 2020
Mauritius (USD mn)	-188.2 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Sep 2020
Mexico (USD mn)	6,608.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Oct 2020
Moldova (USD mn)	-296.2 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2004 - Sep 2020
Mongolia (USD mn)	330.2 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Oct 2020
Montenegro (USD mn)	-182.2 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Oct 2020
Morocco (USD mn)	-884.9 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Mozambique (USD mn)	-146.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Sep 2020
Myanmar (USD mn)	8.1 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Aug 2020
Nepal (USD mn)	-875.1 Oct 2020	monthly	Aug 1974 - Oct 2020
Netherlands (USD mn)	6,446.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1996 - Sep 2020
New Zealand (USD mn)	-332.4 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Nigeria (USD mn)	-2,239.0 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Jun 2020
Norway (USD mn)	291.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Oman (USD mn)	525.1 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Jun 2020
Pakistan (USD mn)	-2,068.0 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1968 - Nov 2020
Palestinian Territory (USD mn)	-335.3 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Mar 2020
Panama (USD mn)	-600.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1964 - Sep 2020
Paraguay (USD mn)	162.6 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Oct 2020
Peru (USD mn)	636.4 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Philippines (USD mn)	-1,782.8 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Poland (USD mn)	1,671.2 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1986 - Sep 2020
Portugal (USD mn)	-1,282.1 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
Qatar (USD mn)	1,936.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2014 - Oct 2020
Romania (USD mn)	-1,816.2 Sep 2020	monthly	Aug 1990 - Sep 2020
Russia (USD mn)	10,796.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Saudi Arabia (USD mn)	108,440.2 2019	yearly	1957 - 2019
Serbia (USD mn)	-510.5 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Oct 2020
Singapore (USD mn)	3,208.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020
Slovakia (USD mn)	834.2 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2004 - Sep 2020
Slovenia (USD mn)	372.9 Sep 2020	monthly	Nov 1991 - Sep 2020
South Africa (USD mn)	2,198.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Oct 2004 - Oct 2020
Spain (USD mn)	-720.8 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1985 - Sep 2020
Sri Lanka (USD mn)	-524.9 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1982 - Sep 2020
Sudan (USD mn)	-555.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
Sweden (USD mn)	532.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Switzerland (USD mn)	3,348.8 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Syria (USD mn)	-7,200.6 2019	yearly	1950 - 2019
Taiwan (USD mn)	6,433.4 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2008 - Oct 2020
Tajikistan (USD mn)	-184.7 Nov 2019	monthly	Jan 2000 - Nov 2019
Thailand (USD mn)	2,046.5 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Tunisia (USD mn)	-233.2 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1959 - Oct 2020
Turkey (USD mn)	-3,398.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2013 - Oct 2020
Ukraine (USD mn)	-545.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
United Arab Emirates (USD mn)	-10,386.2 Dec 2018	monthly	Jan 2009 - Dec 2018
United Kingdom (USD mn)	-31,204.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Sep 2020
United States (USD mn)	-80,417.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1986 - Oct 2020
Uruguay (USD mn)	18.6 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Uzbekistan (USD mn)	-853.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2016 - Oct 2020
Venezuela (USD mn)	-3,437.1 Oct 2014	monthly	Jan 1994 - Oct 2014
Vietnam (USD mn)	600.3 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1996 - Nov 2020
Yemen (USD mn)	-411.8 Aug 2020	monthly	Jun 1990 - Aug 2020
Zambia (USD mn)	321.8 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Oct 2020

Singapore Key Series

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National Accounts

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Construction and Properties

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Monetary

Banking Statistics

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates

Energy

Tourism

Business and Economic Survey

Financial Market

Transport and Telecommunications

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	83,404.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Real GDP Growth (%)	-5.8 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Sep 2020
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	-10.519 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Sep 2020
GDP per Capita (USD)	65,233.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	-5.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Sep 2020
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	27,983.913 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	36.0 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	9,863.881 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	10.3 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Investment: % of GDP (%)	24.9 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	17,430.339 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Gross National Product (GNP) (USD mn)	337,725.200 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Gross Savings Rate (%)	46.1 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	115,445.206 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	70,766.316 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	2.470 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	309.943 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Gross Domestic Product: Market Price (SGD mn)	114,661.900 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Private Consumption Expenditure (SGD mn)	38,444.300 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Government Consumption Expenditure (SGD mn)	13,551.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (SGD mn)	23,945.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Changes in Inventories (SGD mn)	2,015.300 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Net Exports of Goods and Services (SGD mn)	35,736.500 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Exports of Goods & Services (SGD mn)	195,561.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Imports of Goods & Services (SGD mn)	159,825.100 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Statistical Discrepancy (SGD mn)	968.900 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Accommodation & Food Services (SGD mn)	1,591.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Other Services Industries (SGD mn)	11,487.300 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Finance & Insurance (SGD mn)	16,312.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Information & Communications (SGD mn)	5,137.300 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Business Services (SGD mn)	14,962.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Gross Value Added at Basic Prices (SGD mn)	109,274.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: Taxes on Products (SGD mn)	5,387.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: GPI: Manufacturing (SGD mn)	26,786.400 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: GPI: Construction (SGD mn)	2,398.100 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Wholesale & Retail Trade (SGD mn)	18,369.400 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: SPI: Transportation & Storage (SGD mn)	5,862.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Business Services (SGD mn)	15,087.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Transportation & Storage (SGD mn)	5,917.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Wholesale & Retail Trade (SGD mn)	18,249.300 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Accommodation & Food Services (SGD mn)	1,560.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Information & Communications (SGD mn)	5,249.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Finance & Insurance (SGD mn)	16,312.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: SPI: Other Services Industries (SGD mn)	11,913.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: Gross Value Added at Basic Prices (SGD mn)	109,081.900 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: Taxes on Products (SGD mn)	5,498.500 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Gross Domestic Product: sa: Current Market Price (SGD mn)	114,580.400 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: GPI: Manufacturing (SGD mn)	26,021.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP: sa: GPI: Construction (SGD mn)	2,428.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
GDP per Capita: SGD (SGD)	88,991.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
SG: GDP: Household Consumption Expenditure including NPISHs (SGD mn)	47,521.500 Dec 2019	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Dec 2019
SG: Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Seasonally Adjusted (sa) (SGD mn)	507,567.700 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
SG: GDP: sa: Government Consumption Expenditure (SGD mn)	52,040.400 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
SG: GDP: sa: Exports of Goods and Services (SGD mn)	880,717.600 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Industrial Production Index Growth (%)	-0.4 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1984 - Oct 2020
IPI: EC: Semiconductors (2019=100)	124.426 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1992 - Oct 2020
Electricity Generated (kWh mn)	4,321.099 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Sep 2020
Electricity Consumption (kWh mn)	4,163.500 Dec 2017	monthly	Jan 2005 - Dec 2017

Construction and Properties	Last	Frequency	Range
House Prices Growth (%)	0.7 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1976 - Sep 2020
Nominal Residential Property Price Index (2010=100)	114.845 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Jun 2020
Nominal Residential Property Price Index Growth (%)	2.355 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Mar 2020
Real Residential Property Price Index (2010=100)	101.060 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Jun 2020
Real Residential Property Price Index Growth (%)	1.915 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Residential Property Transaction: Value: Total (SGD th)	2,602,475.68 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 1995 - Apr 2018
Residential Property Transaction: Deal: Total (Unit)	2,196.00 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 1995 - Apr 2018
Bldg Commenced: Private Residential: No of Units (Unit)	3,929.000 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Dec 2018
Bldg Commenced: Gross Floor Area: Warehouse Space (sq m th)	174.500 Mar 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2018
Bldg Commenced: Gross Floor Area: Office Space (sq m th)	72.100 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Dec 2018
Bldg Commenced: Gross Floor Area: Shop Space (sq m th)	0.100 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Dec 2018
Bldg Commenced: Gross Floor Area: Factory Space (sq m th)	270.900 Mar 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2018
Bldg Completed: Private Residential: No of Units (Unit)	4,720.000 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Dec 2018
Bldg Completed: Gross Floor Area: Warehouse Space (sq m th)	54.400 Mar 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2018
Bldg Completed: Gross Floor Area: Office Space (sq m th)	61.100 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Dec 2018
Bldg Completed: Gross Floor Area: Shop Space (sq m th)	105.900 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Dec 2018
Bldg Completed: Gross Floor Area: Factory Space (sq m th)	197.000 Mar 2018	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Mar 2018

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-5.7 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	62.665 Sep 2020	monthly	Apr 2011 - Sep 2020
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	3,487.313 Oct 2020	monthly	Aug 1987 - Oct 2020
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	13.7 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 1987 - Sep 2020
National Government Debt (USD mn)	485,177.9 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1990 - Jun 2020
Government Debt: % of GDP (%)	147.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1990 - Sep 2020
Forecast: Government Expenditure (SGD bn)	86.441 2025	yearly	1990 - 2025
Forecast: Government Net Debt (SGD bn)	795.470 2025	yearly	1990 - 2025
Forecast: Government Revenue (SGD bn)	101.605 2025	yearly	1990 - 2025
Govt Finance: Cash Surplus / Deficit (SGD mn)	755.600 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 2011 - Oct 2020
Govt Revenue: Operating (SGD mn)	5,526.400 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Oct 2020

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	5.7 2020	yearly	1950 - 2020
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	68.1 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Employed Persons (Person)	3,613,300.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 1997 - Sep 2020
Unemployment Rate (%)	3.60 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1987 - Sep 2020
Monthly Earnings (USD)	3,738 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Jun 2020
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	-2.50 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	6.105 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Forecast: Employment (Person mn)	3.843 2021	yearly	1980 - 2021
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	2.100 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Avg Mthly Earnings: SSIC 2010: Overall Economy (SGD)	5,276.000 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Jun 2020
Labour Force: Overall (Person th)	3,740.800 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Retail Sales Growth (%)	-12.4 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1986 - Oct 2020
Number of Registered Vehicles (Unit)	828,283 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Sep 2020
Motor Vehicles Sales (Unit)	6,013 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2010 - Sep 2020
Motor Vehicles Sales Growth (%)	-11.7 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Sep 2020
Motor Vehicle Sales: Commercial Cars (Unit)	14,424.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Passenger Cars (Unit)	76,476.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Retail Sales Value: 2017=100: SSIC 2015 (SGD mn)	3,799.00 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1997 - May 2018

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	-0.4 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1962 - Aug 2020
Core CPI Change (%)	-0.200 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Oct 2020
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	1.658 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1962 - Oct 2020
Producer Price Index Growth (%)	-8.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Oct 2020
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	1.459 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Property Price Index: Private Residential (PR): All (1Q2009=100)	153.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (2019=100)	99.711 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: Transport (2019=100)	100.134 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: Recreation & Culture (R&C) (2019=100)	97.939 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: Education (2019=100)	99.691 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: Food (2019=100)	102.101 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: Food excluding Food Servicing Services (FFSS) (2019=100)	103.055 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Oct 2020
CPI: Housing & Utilities (2019=100)	98.516 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: Household Durables & Services (HD&S) (2019=100)	100.596 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020
CPI: sa: Household Durables & Services (HD&S) (2019=100)	100.596 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1961 - Oct 2020

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	3.472 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
Trade Balance (USD mn)	3,208.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020
Total Exports (USD mn)	29,988.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020
Total Exports Growth (%)	-7.5 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1977 - Oct 2020
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	417,086.420 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	7,284,336.973 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	5,885,881.406 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Imports (USD mn)	26,780.3 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1964 - Oct 2020
Total Imports Growth (%)	-9.0 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1965 - Oct 2020
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	1,814,249.501 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	1,643,820.852 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	2,979.209 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	3,061.048 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	5,132.198 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Oct 2020
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	4,011.952 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Sep 2020
Re Exports: Non Oil (SGD mn)	22,035.26 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1976 - May 2018
Exports: Non Oil (SGD mn)	40,168.70 Jul 2018	monthly	Jan 1964 - Jul 2018
Domestic Exports: Non Oil (SGD mn)	17,289.94 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1976 - May 2018
Exports: Indonesia (SGD mn)	2,258.604 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Oct 2020

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	5,248.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	16,677.7 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	20.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	15,355.6 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	18.4 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	-2,856.093 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	-3.4 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
External Debt (USD mn)	1,586,523.3 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
External Debt: % of GDP (%)	418.3 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn)	1,098,401.1 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%)	299.0 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Net International Investment Position (USD mn)	883,411.254 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Jun 2020
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	60.365 2025	yearly	1980 - 2025
BoP: CA: Services: Imports (SGD mn)	54,105.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Primary Income Balance (SGD mn)	-10,551.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: Current Account (CA) Balance (SGD mn)	22,911.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Goods: Balance (SGD mn)	32,074.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Goods: Exports (SGD mn)	137,794.500 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (SGD mn)	813.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: Assets (SGD mn)	7,209.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
BoP: Financial Account (FA): Net (SGD mn)	9,472.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Primary Income Balance: Payment (SGD mn)	40,546.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Services: Balance (SGD mn)	3,661.900 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Secondary Income Balance (SGD mn)	-2,273.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Direct Investment (SGD mn)	-13,885.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Primary Income Balance: Receipts (SGD mn)	29,995.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Goods: Imports (SGD mn)	105,719.900 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment (SGD mn)	22,571.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Others: Assets (SGD mn)	-28,352.100 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Portfolio Inv: Assets (SGD mn)	18,647.900 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives (SGD mn)	4,094.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives: Assets (SGD mn)	883.800 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Others (SGD mn)	-3,308.500 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Portfolio Inv: Liabilities (SGD mn)	-3,923.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: Liabilities (SGD mn)	21,095.500 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives: Liabilities (SGD mn)	-3,211.000 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: Others: Liabilities (SGD mn)	-25,043.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: CA: Services: Exports (SGD mn)	57,767.100 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: Official Reserves (OR): Net (SGD mn)	14,253.200 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
BoP: FA: PI: Liabilities: Equity & Investment Fund Shares (SGD mn)	-5,728.600 2018	yearly	1988 - 2018
BoP: FA: PI: Liabilities: Debt Securities (SGD mn)	1,256.600 2018	yearly	1988 - 2018
International Investment Position (IIP) (SGD mn)	1,108,209.700 Dec 2018	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Dec 2018
External Debt: Gross (SGD mn)	2,239,166.100 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
External Debt: Gross: OL: DTC: Short Term (SGD mn)	1,273,292.500 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
External Debt: Gross: OL: DTC: Long Term (SGD mn)	229,752.800 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
External Debt: Gross: OL: OS: Short Term (SGD mn)	276,954.200 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
External Debt: Gross: OL: OS: Long Term (SGD mn)	137,959.200 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Jun 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Total (SGD mn)	1,736,796.100 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Industry: Financial & Insurance Services (SGD mn)	927,889.700 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Industry: Professinal, Administrative & Support Services (SGD mn)	174,792.100 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Industry: Manufacturing (SGD mn)	221,650.400 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade (SGD mn)	272,009.800 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Country: Japan (SGD mn)	114,913.000 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Country: Netherlands (SGD mn)	122,060.000 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Country: Switzerland (SGD mn)	60,665.500 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Country: United Kingdom (SGD mn)	95,577.800 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
FDI: By Country: United States (SGD mn)	289,029.500 2018	yearly	1998 - 2018
Business Entities (BE): Formation: Total (Number)	6,384.000 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1970 - Oct 2020

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	1.3 Dec 2019	quarterly	Dec 2008 - Dec 2019
Household Debt: % of GDP (%)	67.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1995 - Sep 2020
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn)	9,815.087 Dec 2019	quarterly	Dec 2008 - Dec 2019
Money Supply M1 (USD mn)	188,296.830 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Oct 2020
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	521,001.765 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Oct 2020
M2 Growth (%)	12.6 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1980 - Oct 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	335,226.9 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 2000 - Oct 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	95.788 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 2000 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	11.9 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 2000 - Oct 2020
Gold Reserves (USD mn)	211.700 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 2000 - Oct 2020
Total Deposits Growth (%)	12.2 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1992 - Oct 2020
Total Deposits (USD mn)	558,225.785 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Oct 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	506,925.1 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Oct 2020
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	1.7 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1992 - Oct 2020
Credit to Households (USD bn)	180.971 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 1991 - Mar 2020
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn)	630.289 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 1963 - Mar 2020
Household Debt (USD mn)	241,851.9 Oct 2020	monthly	Mar 2004 - Oct 2020
Total Loans (USD mn)	495,945.242 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1980 - Sep 2020
Total Loans Growth (%)	-2.00 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1981 - Oct 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	174.41 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Jun 2020
ORA: Gold Incl Gold Deposits and Gold Swapped (USD mn)	211.70 Jul 2018	monthly	Apr 2000 - Jul 2018
ORA: Other Reserve Assets (USD mn)	472.40 Jul 2018	monthly	Apr 2000 - Jul 2018
DBU: Loans & Advances: Total, Including Bills Financing (SGD mn)	667,892.20 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1980 - May 2018
DBU: Loans & Advances: LB: Professional & Private Individuals (SGD mn)	10,320.90 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1991 - May 2018
DBU: Loans & Advances: Consumer Loans (CL) (SGD mn)	264,859.50 May 2018	monthly	Mar 2004 - May 2018
DBU: Loans & Advances: CL: Housing & Bridging Loans (SGD mn)	203,114.90 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1991 - May 2018
DBU: Loans & Advances: Loans to Businesses (LB) (SGD mn)	403,032.70 May 2018	monthly	Mar 2004 - May 2018
Domestic Banking Units (DBUs): Deposits (SGD mn)	759,019.600 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Oct 2020

Banking Statistics	Last	Frequency	Range
Liquid Assets Ratio (%)	66.9 2019	yearly	2008 - 2019
Capital Adequacy Ratio (%)	17.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Sep 2020

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Bank Lending Rate (% pa)	5.250 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1980 - Nov 2020
Exchange Rate against USD (SGD/USD)	1.360 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1957 - Oct 2020
Policy Rate (% pa)	0.31 Oct 2020	monthly	Jul 2005 - Oct 2020
Short Term Interest Rate (% pa)	0.41 Sep 2020	monthly	Oct 1995 - Sep 2020
Long Term Interest Rate (% pa)	0.81 Oct 2020	monthly	Jun 1998 - Oct 2020
Real Effective Exchange Rate (2005=100)	116.9 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Sep 2020
Short Term Government Bond Yield (% pa)	0.31 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Nov 2020

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Electricity Production (GWh)	4,321 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1975 - Sep 2020
Natural Gas: Imports (Cub m mn)	14,100.000 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
Natural Gas: Consumption (Cub ft/Day bn)	1.233 2019	yearly	1986 - 2019
Crude Oil: Imports (Barrel/Day th)	847.583 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Oil Consumption (Barrel/Day th)	1,404.483 2019	yearly	1965 - 2019
Coal Consumption (TOE mn)	0.913 2018	yearly	1965 - 2018

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Visitor Arrivals (Person)	2,000 Oct 2020	monthly	Jul 2014 - Oct 2020
Visitor Arrivals Growth (%)	-99.8 Oct 2020	monthly	Jul 2015 - Oct 2020
Tourism Revenue (USD mn)	2,907 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2007 - Mar 2020
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	-39.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Mar 2020
Hotel Room Occupancy Rate: Quarterly (%)	82.30 Dec 2017	quarterly	Mar 1988 - Dec 2017
Total Room Revenue (SGD mn)	334.72 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 2007 - Apr 2018
Hotel Revenue: per Available Room (SGD)	191.65 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 2007 - Apr 2018

Business and Economic Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Business Confidence: Net Balance (% Point)	0.8 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Nov 2020
Business Confidence Growth (% Point)	1.2 Nov 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Nov 2020
Composite Leading Index: 2015=100 (2015=100)	109.300 Mar 2019	quarterly	Mar 1978 - Mar 2019

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Equity Market Index (09Jan2008=3344.53)	2,423.8 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1985 - Oct 2020
Market Capitalization: % of GDP (%)	187.4 2019	yearly	1979 - 2019
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	579,553.210 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1999 - Oct 2020
P/E ratio (NA)	13.058 Nov 2020	monthly	Apr 1998 - Nov 2020

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicle Registered (Unit th)	813.346 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Container Port Throughput (TEU)	37,983,000.000 2019	yearly	2008 - 2019
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (2004=100)	133.920 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Number of Subscriber Fixed Line (Unit)	1,905,800.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Number of Subscriber Mobile (Person)	9,076,700.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Fixed Line (Number)	32.834 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	156.378 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Exports: ICT Goods (USD th)	121,734,789.383 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	8,467,842.904 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Television (USD th)	576,826.204 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: ICT Goods (USD th)	98,593,125.656 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	10,790,029.994 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Television (USD th)	814,305.485 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Motor Vehicle: New Registration: Cars (Unit)	4,566.000 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Sep 2020
Motor Vehicle: New Registration: Motorcycles & Scooters (Unit)	867.000 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Oct 2020
Motor Vehicle: New Registration: Goods Vehicles: Total (Unit)	1,059.000 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Oct 2020
Motor Vehicle: New Registration: Buses: Total (Unit)	52.000 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Oct 2020
Sea Cargo Handled (Ton th)	52,971.14 May 2018	monthly	Feb 1988 - May 2018
Changi Airport: Passenger Movements (Person)	5,295,000.00 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1980 - May 2018
Changi Airport: Air Freight Movements (Ton)	180,500.00 May 2018	monthly	Jan 1986 - May 2018

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