New and Improved Digital Data Services
Changes to the Statistics Act
Key Statistical Developments in the 2010s
The SingStat Website clinched top spot in the global Open Data Inventory (ODIN) 2018/19 ranking. ODIN 2018/19 ranked the National Statistics Offices’ websites of 178 countries on accessibility and availability of their data.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) webpage was published on SingStat Website to provide access to Singapore statistics on SDGs required for reporting and monitoring of Singapore’s progress.
Singapore completed benchmarking of national accounts to reference year 2015 and adopted recommendations of the System of National Accounts to compile annually reweighted chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product.
The SingStat Website was further enhanced in its latest revamp with user-friendly features and mobile responsiveness to improve users' navigation experience via all devices.
The inclusion of Developer APIs complements the multi-table download feature in easing access to data via the SingStat Table Builder.
Eleventh Household Expenditure Survey was conducted, with internet submission portal available for the first time for respondents to self-enumerate.
The First Schedule to the Statistics Act was updated to incorporate changes in economic activities to better reflect the current structure of the Singapore economy.
Free access to over 15,000 statistical data series, especially historical time series data, was made available on the SingStat website.
The e-survey service was enhanced to allow businesses to submit their returns on the go using mobile devices.
The SingStat Mobile App was launched to facilitate easy access to key statistics spanning 26 categories from various government agencies, and allow users to search for specific data, mix and match indicators, and visualise them easily with more than 200 charts.
SingStat Table Builder, a web-based application, was rolled out to enable users to build customised data tables, and export the data in different file formats.
The SingStat Website was revamped.
Tenth Household Expenditure Survey was conducted, which featured the use of Ultra Mobile Personal Computers for fieldwork enumeration, in lieu of hardcopy survey forms.
The Statistics Act was amended to clarify DOS’s legislative power to obtain information from public sector agencies and allow for anonymised microdata access to public agencies and persons specified in the Third Schedule.
Singapore’s fifth Census of Population after Independence and the fourteenth in the history of census taking, was conducted.