Happy Single's Day!

Proportion of singles has increased across all age groups in the past decade.

Explore trends in Singapore’s Population, including the marital status using the interactive Population Trends dashboard.

As the National Statistical Coordinator, DOS has been engaged in data stewardship and data governance with respect to the role of producing quality statistics, developing of national statistical standards and coordinating of statistical activities. As a Capability Centre of Individual and Business Data, DOS’s expanded role in data stewardship for the public service enables the strategic use of data and information in making data-driven decisions and providing services for the public.

Read about DOS's evolving role and functions in data stewardship and governance in the Statistics Singapore Newsletter.

For the compilation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), DOS performs web-scraping of hotel room rates using Python's Pyautogui and Pytesseract libraries, before loading the prices into the CPI computerised system for data compilation.

Read about DOS’s efforts in the adoption of technology for price data collection and compilation of the CPI in the Statistics Singapore Newsletter..

To enable greater data sharing, more granular sub-indices of the Services Producer Price Indices (SPPIs) were published in the SPPI report and an interactive dashboard was developed. This is useful for businesses to better track movements of prices in the services industries to evaluate their competitiveness.

Read about the release of more granular SPPIs and key insights from the rebasing of three SPPIs to base year 2022 in the Statistics Singapore Newsletter.

Under the World Trade Organisation’s General Agreement on Trade in Services, trade in services is defined to cover four different modes of supply based on the locations of the supplier and consumer when a service is supplied.

Read about the compilation methodology and key findings from the experimental estimates in the Statistics Singapore Newsletter.

Singapore’s composite leading index (CLI) had maintained its lead over the composite coincident index, suggesting the continuing relevance of the existing CLI in identifying and anticipating Singapore’s growth cycles.

Read about the key findings of the recent review of the composite leading and coincident indices following Singapore’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Statistics Singapore Newsletter.

Happy Children's Day!

About 499,000 residents are celebrating Children’s Day today.

Explore trends in Singapore’s Population using the interactive Population Trends dashboard.

Happy International Day of Older Persons!

The educational attainment of our seniors has improved over the decades with almost 20% of residents aged 65 years and over holding post-secondary or higher qualifications in 2020 compared to 2% in 1990.

Explore trends in Singapore’s Population, including educational attainment of our residents using the interactive Population Trends dashboard.