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Government Debt By Instrument (As At End Of Calendar Year), Annual

Description

Annual Singapore government debt by instrument as at end of calendar year from 1990 through 2025, sourced from the Accountant-General’s Department and MAS via SingStat. Series distinguish securities issued under the Government Securities (Debt Market and Investment) Act and the Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act, including SGS, T-bills, Singapore Savings Bonds, and green infrastructure bonds. Fiscal analysts track the composition of Singapore’s public debt stock. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M130071.

Official description

Source: ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE Data Last Updated: 10/02/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: There are two key categories of domestic debt instruments. The first category of domestic debt instruments are issued under the Government Securities (Debt Market and Investment) Act for non-spending purposes. Borrowing proceeds raised under this Act are invested and cannot be spent. The debt instruments under this Act are issued for specific purposes including: 1. Publicly held domestic debt instruments comprising: (a) Singapore Government Securities (Market Development) and Treasury Bills, which are issued to develop Singapore's debt markets; (b) Cash Management Treasury Bills, which are issued on an ad-hoc basis as a contingency cash management tool to manage the Government's short-term cashflow mismatches; and (c) Singapore Savings Bonds, which are issued to provide individual investors with a long-term savings option. 2. Non-publicly held domestic debt instruments comprising: (a) Special Singapore Government Securities, which are primarily issued to meet the investment needs of the Central Provident Fund; and (b) Reserves Management Government Securities, which are only issued to the MAS to facilitate existing practice of transferring Official Foreign Reserves above what MAS requires to the Government for longer-term investment. The second category of domestic debt instrument are issued under the Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act for spending purposes. These comprise Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure) and Green Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure), which are publicly held. Borrowing proceeds from Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure) are used to finance spending on nationally significant infrastructure. Borrowing proceeds from Green Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure) are used to finance nationally significant infrastructure that qualify as eligible green expenditures under the Singapore Green Bond Framework. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M130071

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Coverage
1990-01-01 – 2025-12-31
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20
Columns
37

Data

Data Series 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Total Government Debt 1311126.1 1265765.5 1150259.7 1079757.7 777957.7 704721.4 641094.3 546699.5 502021.9 463165.6 421302.1 387250.7 390407.1 384997.6 354023.4 321182.3 291501.8 255464.8 234093.2 206438.7 200005.6 186598.2 169331.9 156751.3 148999.9 134370.4 125777.1 115183.3 102371.9 94830.7 86507.6 75344.4 69822 67252.5 59041.1 51425.6
Domestic Debt 1311126.1 1265765.5 1150259.7 1079757.7 777957.7 704721.4 641094.3 546699.5 502021.9 463165.6 421302.1 387250.7 390407.1 384997.6 354023.4 321182.3 291501.8 255464.8 234093.2 206438.7 200005.6 186598.2 169331.9 156751.3 148999.9 134370.4 125777.1 115183.3 102371.9 94830.7 86507.6 75339.7 69810.4 67228.2 59000.3 51357.7
Issued For Non-Spending Purposes 1291526.2 1250565.5 1139059.7 1072857.7 775357.8 704721.3 641094.3 546699.6 502021.9 463165.5 421302.2 387250.7 390407.1 384997.6 354023.4 321182.3 291501.8 255464.8 234093.2 206438.7 200005.6 186598.2 169331.9 156751.3 148999.9 134370.4 125777.1 115183.3 102371.9 94830.7 86507.6 75339.7 69810.4 67228.2 59000.4 51357.7
Publicly Held 300803.5 282046.3 257623.5 236105.3 217438 201930.2 188352.4 128600.5 117641.7 110935.3 106398.5 98100 124800 142600 138500 132300 123700 104600 98100 85800 78000 72200 63050 58050 53630 43240 35300 28630 21890 20500 18560 16110 15450 13700 11180 8680
Singapore Government Securities (Market Development) 159000 157400 156300 154200 146500 136300 123900 114700 106500 101000 97200 90100 86000 82600 79400 75200 71600 68700 65200 60000 56700 52000 45850 41300 38980 29860 23140 20090 14970 14510 12810 11110 10460 8760 7710 6610
Treasury Bills And Cash Management Treasury Bills 123000 108700 89500 72600 65200 60000 58800 10200 9500 9000 8500 8000 38800 60000 59100 57100 52100 35900 32900 25800 21300 20200 17200 16750 14650 13380 12160 8540 6920 5990 5750 5000 4990 4940 3470 2070
Singapore Savings Bonds 18803.5 15946.3 11823.5 9305.3 5738 5630.2 5652.4 3700.5 1641.7 935.3 698.5 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Non-Publicly Held 990722.7 968519.2 881436.2 836752.4 557919.8 502791.1 452741.9 418099.1 384380.2 352230.2 314903.7 289150.7 265607.1 242397.6 215523.4 188882.3 167801.8 150864.8 135993.2 120638.7 122005.6 114398.2 106281.9 98701.3 95369.9 91130.4 90477.1 86553.3 80481.9 74330.7 67947.6 59229.7 54360.4 53528.2 47820.4 42677.7
Special Singapore Government Securities / Advance Deposits 742532.8 690329.2 634346.2 599062.4 557919.8 502791.1 452741.9 418099.1 384380.2 352230.2 314903.7 289150.7 265607.1 242397.6 215523.4 188882.3 167801.8 150864.8 135993.2 120638.7 122005.6 114398.2 106281.9 98701.3 95369.9 91130.4 90477.1 86553.3 80481.9 74330.7 67947.6 59229.7 54360.4 53528.2 47820.4 42677.7
Reserves Management Government Securities 248189.9 278190 247090 237690 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Issued For Spending Purposes 19600 15200 11200 6900 2600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Publicly Held 19600 15200 11200 6900 2600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure) 7600 6000 6000 4500 2600 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Green Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure) 12000 9200 5200 2400 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Government External Debt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 11.6 24.3 40.8 67.9
UK Special Aid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 9.9 15.5 25.2 35
World Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 5.1 8.2 13.5
Asian Development Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 6.4 14.3
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 5.1
Debt Guarantees - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 208.6 251.9 317.3 350.4 1564.2 510 660 na na na na na na na

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