The Singapore Department of Statistics publishes the Statistics Singapore Newsletter twice a year to provide readers with news of the latest key statistical activities, recent survey findings and methodological improvements.

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Latest Issue
Issue 2, 2023 pdf (6.2 MB)
  • Data Stewardship and Governance in the Singapore Department of Statistics
  • Singapore's Growth Cycle Chronology, Coincident and Leading Indicators
  • Experimental Estimates on Singapore's Balance of Payments Services Trade by Modes of Supply
  • Leveraging Technology for Compilation of the Consumer Price Index
  • Rebasing and Release of More Granular Services Producer Price Indices
Past Issues
Issue 1, 2023 pdf (5.7 MB)
  • High Growth Firms in Singapore
  • Experimental Use of Machine Learning and New Data Sources in Updating the Statistical Business Register
  • The Retirement and Health Study – Management of a Large-Scale Longitudinal Study in Singapore
  • How DOS’s Data Tools Are Helping Businesses Make Data-Driven Decisions
  • Which Fields of Study Have Higher Proportion of Males/ Females?

Issue 2, 2022 pdf (5.6 MB)
  • Using Big Data to Profile Singapore's Internet Economy
  • New Data Release: Production and Generation of Income Accounts by Institutional Sector and Government Consumption Expenditure by Individual and Collective Consumption
  • Enterprise Landscape of Singapore's Services Sector
  • Rebasing of Services Producer Price Indices to Base Year 2021
  • Gender Differentials in Educational Profile and Field of Study among Residents
  • Singapore's Portfolio Investment: Holdings of Foreign Equity and Debt Securities
  Issue 1, 2022 pdf (4.7 MB)
  • The International Comparison Program: An Overview and the Latest Results
  • Demographic Profile of Seniors in Singapore
  • Key Highlights from the National Population Health Survey 2020
  • Singapore 2021
  • Data Tools for Businesses
  • Enhanced SingStat Table Builder Unveiled!
  Issue 2, 2021 pdf (2.8 MB)
  • Impact of Global Economic Disruptions on Singapore’s Balance of Payments
  • Impact of COVID-19 on the Sea Freight Transport and Freight Forwarding Price Indices
  • Income-Based Gross Domestic Product: Key Concepts and Principles
  • Singapore’s Monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals Implementation
  • Coding of SSOC/SSIC in Census 2020 using Machine Learning
  • E-commerce Revenue of the Services Sector
  • Inaugural Meeting of the DOS Advisory Panel

Issue 1, 2021 pdf (3.2 MB)
  • Impact of COVID-19 on the Retail and Food & Beverage Services Sectors
  • Census of Population 2020 - Modes of Submission and Reminders Amidst COVID-19
  • Statistical Best Practices to Improve Data Quality
  • Do You Know: Impact of COVID-19 on Marriages in Singapore
  • SingStat Website Retains Top Spot in the Global Open Data Inventory (ODIN) 2020/21 Ranking
  • Singapore 2020 Infographic
  • Celebrating 100 Years of the Singapore Department of Statistics & DOS's Key Milestones

Issue 2, 2020 pdf (1.9 MB)
  • Conducting Census of Population 2020 in Singapore Amidst COVID-19
  • Profile of SMEs Implementing Digital Solutions Supported by the Productivity Solution Grant
  • Services Producer Price Indices
  • The eBook of Statistics Unveiled!
  • Singapore in Figures - A New Interactive Experience!
  • World Statistics Day 2020

Issue 1, 2020 pdf (2.6 MB)
  • Rebasing the Consumer Price Index for General Households (2019 as Base Year)
  • Towards Paperless Surveys: Digitisation of Producer Price Surveys
  • Singapore in Brief 2019
  • What are Supply and Use Tables?
  • Singapore Standard Statistical Classifications 2020

Issue 2, 2019 pdf (2.4 MB)
  • Prevalence of E-Payment Transactions - Findings from the Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18
  • Estimating Singapore's Dependency on Exports Using the Singapore Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables
  • Benchmarking of Singapore's National Accounts to Reference Year 2015
  • E-Commerce Revenue of the Services Sector
  • Census of Population 2020

Issue 1, 2019 pdf (3.0 MB)
  • Using the SSIC - How to Determine the Appropriate Code?
  • Rebasing of the Import, Export, Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Price Indices (2018=100)
  • Singapore's Rate of Natural Increase for Population
  • Trends in Infant Mortality Rate and Related Indicators
  • SingStat Website Tops the Open Data Inventory 2018/19 Ranking
  • Singapore Statistical Highlights, 2018
  Sep 2018 pdf (5.0 MB)
  • Profile of Singapore's Legal Industry
  • Outcomes of the 8th Session of the ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) Committee
  • Are the Old-Age Support Ratio Trends Similar Across Different Working-Age Groups?
  • SingStat Website - A New Look and Feel
  • Enjoy Ease of Data Access with Developer API via SingStat Table Builder
  Mar 2018  pdf (3.2 MB)
  • Adoption of the Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification
  • Cervical Cancer Epidemiology and Screening Behaviour in Singapore
  • Revision of the Singapore Standard Statistical Classifications
  • 2017 in Brief
  Sep 2017 pdf (3.1 MB)
  • Fertility in Singapore: An Analysis by Parity Progression Ratio
  • Producer Price Indices Online E-Survey System (POES)
  • Accessing More Data with Ease via SingStat Table Builder
  • Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18
  Mar 2017 pdf (2.6 MB)
  • Challenges in the Development of Register-Based Population Statistics
  • Presenting the Services Survey Series in Animated Infographics
  • 2016 in Brief
  Sep 2016 pdf (1.8 MB)
  • Experiences with the Use of Online Prices in Consumer Price Index
  • Health Status and Health-Related Behaviours in Adults with Self-Reported Diabetes
  • Households' Spending by Age Group
  Mar 2016 pdf (1.6 MB)
  • Trends in Singapore's International Trade in Services
  • Females Catching Up with Males in Enrolment at Local Tertiary Institutions
  • 2015 in Brief
  Sep 2015 pdf (1.8 MB)
  • Age-Standardised Death Rate for Singapore
  • The Development of Cohort-Based Marriages and Divorces Statistics
  • Singapore Standard Statistical Classifications 2015
  Mar 2015 pdf (1.0 MB)
  • Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13 - Observations on Prevalence of Online Purchases
  • Using Input-Output Tables in Simulation
  • Singapore in Brief, 1965-2014
  Sep 2014 pdf (1.8 MB)
  • Rebasing of Singapore's National Accounts to Reference Year 2010
  • Infographics: Highlights of Household Expenditure Survey 2012/2013
  Mar 2014 pdf (1.0 MB)
  • Household Living Arrangement in Singapore, 1990-2010
  • SingStat Table Builder Unveiled
  • 2013 in Brief
  Sep 2013 pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Trends in Singapore's Inward and Outward Direct Investment, 2001-2011
  • Prevalence of Breastfeeding in Singapore
  • Rebasing of Import, Export, Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices
  • Monthly Deaths in Singapore, 2012
  • PopulationQuery Unveiled on OneMap
  Mar 2013 pdf (484 KB)
  • Educational Profile of Singapore Resident Non-Students, 2002-2012
  • Singapore's Merchandise Trade Performance, 2003-2012
  • New SingStat Website Unveiled
  • 2012 in Brief
  Sep 2012 pdf (818 KB)
  • Household Expenditure Survey 2012/2013
  • Availability of Consumer Durables in Households, 1972/73 - 2007/08
  • Implementation of IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition
  Mar 2012 pdf (359 KB)
  • Gender Differentials in Fields of Study Among University Graduates, 2010
  • Singapore Standard Classification of Type of Dwelling
  • 2011 in Brief
  • Adoption of Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2010 in the National Accounts: Output- Based GDP
  • Performance of the Services Sector in 2010
  Sep 2011 pdf (1.2 MB)
  • The Elderly in Singapore
  • Trend Towards Older Grooms and Brides
  • 2011 in Brief
  • Latest Financial Investment Statistics
  • GDP Release Schedule and Revisions
  • Standard Classification of (a) Marital Status; and (b) Household Tenure Status
  Mar 2011 pdf (488 KB)
  • Census of Populatoin 2010 - Increased Use of Internet in Census Submission
  • 2010 in Brief
  • Rebasing of the Retail Sales and Food & Beverage Services Indices (2010 = 100)
  • Economic Survey Series 2009
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2010
  Sep 2010 pdf (676 KB)
  • Rebasing of Singapore's National Accounts to Reference Year 2005
  • Singapore Input-Output Tables 2005
  • Key Findings of Sample Household survey 2008
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January - June 2010
  • Geographic Distribution of the Singapore Resident Population
  • Performance of the Services Sector for Reference Year 2008
  Mar 2010 pdf (396 KB)
  • Rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (Base Year 2009 = 100)
  • Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey 2008 - Singapore's Portfolio Investment Assets and Liabilities
  • 2009 in Brief
  • DOS' Vision, Mission and Principles
  • Statistics Act Amendment
  • Singapore Standard Statistical Classifications 2010
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2009
  • National Health Survey 2010
  Sep 2009 pdf (1.1 KB)
  • Household Sector Balance Sheet 2008: Recent Trends and Developments
  • Geographic Distribution of the Singapore Resident Population
  • Average Monthly Earnings, Compensation of Employees and Unit Labour Cost: Key Concepts and Data Sources
  • Infant Mortality in Singapore
  • Performance of the Services Sector for Reference Year 2007
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January - June 2009
  • Singapore's Census of Population 2010
  Mar 2009 pdf (510 KB)
  • Implicit GDP Deflators
  • Consolidated Web-Based IT Architecture for the Singapore Department of Statistics
  • More Year-End Births in 2008
  • The Ninth Asean Heads of Statistical Offices Meeting
  • Personal Health Practices - Different Patterns in Males and Females
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2008
  • Popular Months for Marriage in Singapore
  • 2008 in Brief
  Sep 2008 pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Singapore Standard Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January -June 2008
  • Review of the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification and Singapore Standard Occupational Classification
  • Economic Surveys Series (Reference Year 2006)
  Mar 2008 pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Improving Sampling Efficiency for the Annual Survey of Services
  • Purchasing Power Parity and the 2005 International Comparison Program
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2007
  • 2007 in Brief
  Sep 2007 pdf (1.5 MB)
  • Foreign Direct Investment in Singapore, 1995-2005
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January-June 2007
  • Rebasing and Revision of Import, Export, Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices
  Mar 2007 pdf (558 KB)
  • Growth of Research and Development in Singapore: 2000-2005
  • Singapore Standard Occupational Classification 2005
  • 2006 in Brief
  • Latest Releases from the Occasional Paper and Information Paper Series
  • Notification on Release Date for DOS' Press Releases
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2006
  Sep 2006 pdf (425 KB)
  • National Statistical Standards
  • Gender Differentials in Fields of Study among Graduates
  • General Household Survey 2005 Innovations in Fieldwork Operations
  • Accommodation Services Industry, 2004
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January-June 2006
  Mar 2006 pdf (216 KB)
  • Rebasing of the Singapore National Accounts to Reference Year 2000
  • Singapore's Manufacturing Sector, 1991-2005
  • Singapore's Corporate Sector, 1993-2003
  • Infocomm Usage by Households and Individuals, 2000-2005
  • 2005 in Brief
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2005
  • Latest Releases from the Occasional Paper and Information Paper Series
  Sep 2005 pdf (195 KB)
  • Trends in Household Income and Expenditure, 1993-2003
  • Revision of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Households in Different Income Groups (Base Year 2004 = 100)
  • Seasonal Adjustment of Time Series
  • Educational Upgrading through Private Educational Institutions, 2004
  • Import and Export Price Indices, Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices, 1st Half 2005
  • National Health Survey 2004
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January–June 2005
  Mar 2005 pdf (231 KB)
  • General Household Survey 2005
  • 2004 in Brief
  • Revision and Rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (Base Year 2004 = 100)
  • Trends in the Domestic Supply Price Index, 1995–2004
  • Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2005
  • Seminar on United Nations Statistics Division’s Statistical Activities
  • Formation & Cessation of Companies & Businesses, 2004
  Sep 2004 pdf (1.4 MB)
  • International Seminar on Economic Indicators & Business Cycles
  • Singapore Clinics: Profile & Performance
  • SingStat Time Series (STS) Online
  • Household Balance Sheet, 2003
  • Singapore’s Demographic Trends in 2003
  • Educational Upgrading through Private Educational Institutions, 2003
  • Formation & Cessation of Companies/Businesses, Jan–Jun 2004
  Mar 2004 pdf (914 KB)
  • Milestones in Singapore’s External Accounts
  • International Comparison Program
  • New International Standards on Consumer Price Index
  • Committee on International Standards for the Consumer Price Indices
  • Profile of Home Offices in Singapore
  • Formation & Cessation of Companies & Businesses, 2003
  • SingStat Express
  • 2003 in Brief
  • IT Services Request System
  Sep 2003 pdf (617 KB)
  • Household Expenditure Survey
  • Consumer Durables in Households, 1992–2002
  • Educational Upgrading through Private Educational Institutions
  • Singapore’s Demographic Trends in 2002
  • Twin Births in Singapore
  • Enrolment in Postgraduate Diploma and Higher Degree Course
  • Survival Rates of Enterprises
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January–June 2003
  • Productivity Gains in Statistical Data Processing
  Mar 2003 pdf (499 KB)
  • Milestones in the Singapore National Accounts
  • Rebasing of the Singapore National Accounts to Reference Year 1995
  • Quarterly Growth Rates
  • 2002 in Brief
  • Common Health Defects of Students
  • How Do Females Compare with Males at the Workplace?
  • Census of the Legal Industry, 2001
  • Automating Wholesale Prices Surveys using Lotus Notes
  • Intelligent Classification and Coding System
  • Productivity Gains in Statistical Data Processing
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2002
  Sep 2002 pdf (334 KB)
  • Singapore’s Current Population Trends
  • Library Utilisation and Reading Patterns
  • Feedback on Revamped Statistics Singapore Website
  • Better Governance can Enhance Data Quality
  • Seminar on International Standard Economic Classifications
  • Shared Folder Management
  • Publication Depository System
  • Educational Upgrading through Private Diploma and Degree Programmes, 2001
  • 2000 Business Indicators
  • Deaths from Non-Natural Causes
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, January-June 2002
  Mar 2002 pdf (703 KB)
  • Benchmarking of Statistical Surveys : Business Expectations Survey
  • Overseas Travel by Singapore Residents
  • DOS in Top 100 of 2002 CIO 100 Honourees List
  • SAN at Singapore Department of Statistics
  • Statistics Singapore Home Page
  • 2001 in Brief
  • Food Prices Today
  • Formation and Cessation of Companies and Businesses, 2001