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Government Operating Expenditure By Sector, Quarterly

Description

Quarterly government operating expenditure by sector for Singapore from FY2006 through 2025 Q4, sourced from the Accountant-General’s Department via SingStat. Quarters follow the financial year (April–March). Fiscal analysts track how operating spending is allocated across government sectors over time. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M130631.

Official description

Source: ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Data Last Updated: 25/05/2026 Update Frequency: Quarterly Footnotes: Data refer to the Government's financial year, which begins on 1 April of the current year and ends on 31 March of the following year. Q1 refers to Apr-Jun, Q2 refers to Jul-Sep, Q3 refers to Oct-Dec and Q4 refers to Jan-Mar. Refinements have been made over time to the sectoral classification of Ministries' expenditure to better reflect the nature of the programmes. Data for FY2026 are budgeted estimates. Data for FY2025 are revised estimates. Data up to FY2024 are actual figures. Figures may not add up due to rounding. A revised estimate refers to updates to a previously published estimate for a given Financial Year (FY). Actual figures are the finalised, audited financial position of the Government. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M130631

Last updated
Coverage
2006-04-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
25
Columns
80

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2025 4Q 2025 3Q 2025 2Q 2025 1Q 2024 4Q 2024 3Q 2024 2Q 2024 1Q 2023 4Q 2023 3Q 2023 2Q 2023 1Q 2022 4Q 2022 3Q 2022 2Q 2022 1Q 2021 4Q 2021 3Q 2021 2Q 2021 1Q 2020 4Q 2020 3Q 2020 2Q 2020 1Q 2019 4Q 2019 3Q 2019 2Q 2019 1Q 2018 4Q 2018 3Q 2018 2Q 2018 1Q 2017 4Q 2017 3Q 2017 2Q 2017 1Q 2016 4Q 2016 3Q 2016 2Q 2016 1Q 2015 4Q 2015 3Q 2015 2Q 2015 1Q 2014 4Q 2014 3Q 2014 2Q 2014 1Q 2013 4Q 2013 3Q 2013 2Q 2013 1Q 2012 4Q 2012 3Q 2012 2Q 2012 1Q 2011 4Q 2011 3Q 2011 2Q 2011 1Q 2010 4Q 2010 3Q 2010 2Q 2010 1Q 2009 4Q 2009 3Q 2009 2Q 2009 1Q 2008 4Q 2008 3Q 2008 2Q 2008 1Q 2007 4Q 2007 3Q 2007 2Q 2007 1Q 2006 4Q 2006 3Q 2006 2Q
Total Government Operating Expenditure 28709.700000 23315.700000 22559.700000 21767.300000 28417.600000 21913.100000 20333.700000 18231.200000 28613.6 20666.4 20062.2 14486.8 32917.4 19434 17458.5 14628.1 28055.8 18672.9 17793.4 14020.8 24706.3 17346.6 16048.6 14834.7 20430.2 15283.6 13070.5 9882.3 19750.9 14517.6 12976.8 10315.2 18436.6 14157 12128 10859.6 17738.9 13057.1 11510 9822.9 16691.1 12289.1 11122.5 7987.6 13959.5 11325.5 9702.1 7698.1 13032.7 10663.9 9239.9 6788.4 13697.8 8555.4 8113.1 6054.5 12087.4 8414.6 8165.3 6482.7 11948.1 8648.1 7328.5 5345.6 11432.7 7512.1 6695.1 5269.1 10394.8 7144.4 6692.6 4501.8 10251.6 6174 5113.6 4412.9 8651.2 6003.2 5313
Social Development 14869.600000 12409.700000 13373.800000 13533.900000 15755.500000 11863.200000 11902.600000 11903.900000 14239.4 12271.4 12723.6 8552.9 18958.3 10386 9177 8185.3 14915.7 10092.4 10327 7957.5 14022.1 9758.5 9402.7 7669.3 10643.6 8496.3 7361.3 5546.3 10413 8057.7 7280.2 5649.4 10498.2 7887.7 6572.4 5891 10414.5 6994.9 6406.1 5124 9903.8 6494 5999.1 3861.4 7793.6 5944.4 5357.6 3516.2 7410.9 5501.9 4709.7 3320.7 6597.6 4363.9 4449.8 3084.2 6121.2 4059 4500.5 3375.7 6217 3978.9 3756 2507.2 5368.2 3476.9 2937.8 2577.2 4473 3371.9 3036.2 1978.9 4181.3 2820.4 2415.7 2055.6 3704.2 2820.7 2201.4
Education 5547.700000 3713.400000 3185.400000 1822.600000 5527.400000 3555.300000 3593.600000 1311.100000 5489.8 3164.7 3432.6 1585.5 5223.8 3274.6 3253.6 1138.2 5471.8 2685.5 3174.1 1273.4 4998.7 3185.1 2348 1235.1 4920.6 3228.8 2590.1 1192.6 5286.6 3115.4 2922.9 1104.1 5131.1 3317.3 2536.9 1094.2 5512 2879.1 2336.8 1084.3 4829.5 2788.8 2599.4 1018 4278.3 2960.7 2474.7 998.8 4545 3002.6 2152.1 965.1 3947.2 2422.7 2351.5 915.9 3558.4 2411.5 2407.8 1320.1 3789.6 2347.1 2011.1 851 3308.3 1987.6 1398 1144 2888.9 2066.8 1768.1 752.6 2710.5 1749.3 1367.4 958.4 2491.7 1818.6 1236.6
Health 4376.000000 4368.900000 4216.200000 5104.400000 4776.400000 3848.900000 4046.200000 4188.200000 4649.3 3887.6 3712 3686.5 4957.2 3670.9 3306 3974.5 4547.8 4030 3881.3 3814.6 4921.4 3127.5 3073.1 3188.6 2803.7 2740.5 2333.6 2037 2538.6 2421.2 1882.7 2094.9 2643.6 2175.6 2034.6 1880.6 2353.4 2054.4 1887 1904.6 2706.9 1865.5 1626.3 1321 1720.6 1625.4 1346.4 1179.9 1443.4 1329.9 1222.6 1048 1177.6 1043.8 985.1 859.5 1011 828.3 846.1 803.5 1022.8 805.5 750.4 679.3 835.2 705.4 720.5 659.1 678.9 578.6 564.5 556.6 595.4 500.4 486.3 437.3 591.6 442.6 419.4
National Development 522.700000 1025.700000 2625.900000 3836.200000 1749.100000 1313.900000 1548.700000 3973.400000 750.1 2406.5 3213.1 1049.7 5450.5 836.1 530.2 1034 1748.5 1025.8 1013.3 921.9 1406 836.7 1303.2 1080.6 719.1 671.9 666.9 547.9 691.1 716 707.4 826.9 760.7 793.6 499.3 1164.6 667.9 525.3 557.2 533.7 521.3 379.8 196.8 233.7 303.3 166.5 147.1 241 235.5 83.6 111 243.2 296.2 109.2 122.4 421 522.2 147.5 199.7 558.4 261.5 66.5 95.7 365.9 357.4 105.2 245.3 251.4 192.6 124.5 177.4 310.5 259.9 178.5 182.2 279.4 152.7 157 110.8
Sustainability And The Environment 769.500000 655.000000 681.900000 592.100000 744.800000 679.500000 673.300000 629.700000 808.4 543.7 516.9 469 572.7 385.5 436.3 453.8 482.1 442.1 475.5 432.3 452.1 382.9 413.4 397.8 406.1 378.3 379.4 375.8 342 324.9 324.5 303.7 315.8 313.3 310.8 308.3 313.3 323.9 270.1 293.4 299 281.7 273.2 271.2 286.5 265.8 251.4 244.9 275.9 228.8 225.8 227.1 203.6 205.8 206.7 196.5 194.4 180.2 179.2 172.6 214.4 177.9 158.7 169 155 174.5 169.4 157.3 160.3 154.4 170.6 120.4 114.5 112.2 113.9 112.4 97.7 105.9 105.6
Culture, Community And Youth 855.300000 609.500000 503.400000 279.300000 869.400000 529.000000 496.700000 176.500000 706 582.7 373.3 280.6 917.1 728.9 278.2 348.3 950.7 417.6 470.2 257.4 626.2 580 560.2 161 604.5 418.3 426.4 224.6 465.4 482 545.2 175.5 533 375.3 328 349.9 422.6 316 356.3 349.1 545.5 459.3 565.3 224.5 425 301.3 417.9 190.9 313.9 226.3 307.2 155.6 364.5 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 na
Social And Family Development 1457.400000 1308.100000 1330.700000 1108.500000 1303.900000 1182.300000 980.800000 954.200000 1164 1028.7 935 872.9 1057.7 942.3 882.2 771.3 1033 980.3 801.3 777.2 955.8 806.1 874 1037.1 717.8 686.9 598.4 831.7 644.9 625.7 523.4 813.6 669.6 531.5 498.1 759.5 603.1 545.4 516.6 723.6 607 458.5 486.2 569.2 412 383.4 473.4 453.6 268.2 372.3 472.1 485.7 366.2 358.5 539.2 475.4 429.7 354.9 540.5 396.4 562.7 459.4 453.1 353.5 527.2 398.9 316 322.7 366.3 359 261.4 195.2 357 193.8 181.1 230.5 227.4 222.3 235.8
Digital Development And Information 350.400000 174.800000 271.300000 219.200000 242.100000 291.600000 147.600000 227.300000 198.1 236.8 121.9 161.3 407.1 115.7 129.5 68.9 244.9 136.6 143.1 69.6 273.1 131.2 133.8 72.9 210.9 126.3 119.6 60.6 195.3 118.3 124.3 56.3 198.9 128.3 110.1 58.7 202.1 106.3 83.9 63.8 185.4 99.2 90 49.9 153.9 82.6 88.3 29.6 129.1 109.7 67.2 29.9 98.5 122 139 70.1 214.9 126.1 142.3 41.3 212.5 120.9 112.8 53.8 185.3 105.3 88.6 42.7 185.9 88.5 94.1 43.5 144 86.2 84.7 37.5 143.1 74.2 93.3
Manpower (Financial Security) 990.600000 554.500000 559.000000 571.700000 542.400000 462.700000 415.600000 443.500000 473.6 420.7 418.8 447.4 372.2 432.1 361.2 396.2 436.7 374.5 368.2 411.1 388.7 709 697.1 496.3 261 245.2 246.7 276.1 249.2 254.1 249.8 274.3 245.4 252.8 254.7 275.3 340.1 244.5 398.1 171.4 209.1 161.2 161.9 173.8 214.1 158.7 158.4 177.5 200 148.7 151.7 166.1 143.7 101.8 105.9 145.8 190.6 10.5 184.9 83.4 153.5 1.6 174.2 34.7 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Security And External Relations 9784.600000 8613.000000 6820.700000 5858.100000 8954.500000 7782.100000 6380.500000 4822.300000 10268.8 6018.5 5372.9 4402.2 8244.7 6118 4927.4 4461.1 7272.5 5661.5 4824.3 4075.2 6547.7 5185.4 3948.8 3755.4 7303.5 5132.2 4218.2 3153.6 7189.9 4902.4 4213.2 3468.4 6088.4 4890.1 4212.6 3822.3 5551.8 5012.4 3932.4 3875.6 5071 4730.4 4154.9 3539.2 4830.2 4461.9 3433.8 3563.9 4315 4323.9 3660.2 2934.2 6019.4 3354.4 2916.1 2387.8 4987.1 3603.7 2957.7 2539.5 4626.8 4041.7 2929.5 2321.8 5018 3426.7 2943.9 2133.9 5043.6 3198.8 2868.6 2108.3 5412.4 2857.1 2202.1 1928 4321.3 2737.1 2629.1
Defence 6740.700000 6182.600000 5011.300000 4119.400000 6267.400000 5583.900000 4587.300000 3406.000000 7668.7 4072.3 3674.4 3080.4 5757.3 4150.8 3391.7 3043.2 4657.7 3984 3225.3 2870.4 4380.8 3537.7 2584.8 2523.8 5117.2 3591.2 2832.2 2128.2 5088.5 3370.3 2905.8 2460.3 4295.8 3412.9 3000.7 2872.6 3865.9 3667.4 2801.9 2946 3423.8 3476 3074 2697.9 3394.5 3223.6 2441.4 2807.3 3101.6 3231 2765.9 2230.7 4847.3 2294.1 2114.4 1800.2 3908.4 2729.3 2193 1966 3505.8 3153.8 2215.1 1748.6 3988 2691.2 2319.5 1604.5 4107.7 - - - - - - - - - -
Home Affairs 2850.800000 2301.100000 1673.200000 1651.900000 2482.500000 2076.600000 1676.900000 1340.700000 2424.5 1838.2 1564.7 1251.1 2324.6 1862 1407.1 1348.5 2446.3 1586.7 1501.3 1144 2024.7 1565.4 1248.8 1173.7 2032.6 1447.9 1259.5 963 1926.9 1431.4 1203.4 943.2 1631.9 1370.7 1108.8 884.9 1525.4 1249.4 1012.5 864.7 1463 1159.2 972.5 782.4 1283.3 1145.1 900.6 700.2 1080.4 1000.2 798.5 642.8 1038.4 977.1 714.9 535.8 947 792.1 681.7 526.5 976.8 806 632.2 521.8 903.4 665.2 549.4 458.7 840.4 - - - - - - - - - -
Foreign Affairs 193.100000 129.300000 136.200000 86.900000 204.600000 121.600000 116.200000 75.700000 175.6 108.1 133.7 70.7 162.8 105.1 128.6 69.4 168.4 90.8 97.7 60.9 142.2 82.3 115.2 57.9 153.7 93.1 126.4 62.4 174.6 100.7 104 64.9 160.7 106.6 103.1 64.8 160.5 95.5 118 64.9 184.3 95.2 108.4 58.9 152.4 93.2 91.7 56.4 133.1 92.7 95.8 60.7 133.7 83.2 86.7 51.8 131.7 82.3 82.9 47 144.2 81.9 82.1 51.4 126.6 70.3 75 70.7 95.6 - - - - - - - - - -
Economic Development 2526.900000 1388.200000 1530.300000 1427.500000 2333.000000 1491.100000 1277.200000 1073.300000 2842.9 1639.8 1187.5 1078.1 4661.2 2203.4 2614.1 1593.4 4849.7 2339.7 2008.3 1478.5 3273.9 1768.8 2260.1 3048.7 1569.9 1022.9 1001.5 893.9 1315.6 1058.9 921.5 911.1 1103 816.4 854.8 800.3 1146 542.3 767.9 541.5 1049.7 630.3 632.8 319 736 581.8 540.2 365.8 733.7 454.1 510.3 329.1 585.8 509.1 399.7 375.1 543.1 426.3 399.3 305.9 634.3 385.9 357.4 288.8 671.4 355.1 538.2 354.2 539.2 317.9 534.3 232.4 351.4 257.5 258.7 244.5 355.9 219.6 257
Transport 1017.100000 611.700000 671.900000 603.500000 768.700000 635.200000 704.500000 394.400000 1064.5 579.9 552.9 341.2 1445.8 566.4 923.2 756.9 1406.1 824.7 864.6 642.5 1308.9 532 599.9 504 668.4 462.3 466 347.9 559.1 565.3 366.2 409 478.7 371.2 327.6 429.8 391.3 199.3 185.1 177.4 220.5 263.5 203.1 95.9 170.3 155.3 138.9 133.1 166.1 129.6 135.1 124.1 144 122.1 118.7 117 117.6 116.4 113.9 115.9 135.4 110.7 106.8 103 99.6 89.3 91.8 89.9 101.1 88.5 118.5 58.8 108.1 54.8 79.6 78.4 71.3 71.9 73
Trade And Industry 600.600000 369.600000 324.800000 334.400000 617.900000 357.300000 308.800000 295.300000 716.3 304.1 282.1 265.9 1695.8 300.4 480.8 280.4 953.2 397 317.7 318.1 981.6 331 412 784.8 426.6 259.7 224.1 205.6 315.8 252.6 213.3 211.4 312.4 226.9 209.7 194.5 305.9 222.6 200.9 191.4 273.7 183.2 168.1 158.4 225.9 181.4 164.6 156.6 219.1 171.8 163.5 155.2 194.3 173.9 162.9 154.4 234.4 150.6 148.4 137.3 252.1 150.5 144.4 136.6 241.5 169.4 153.4 139.9 189.3 158.3 199.9 112 153.9 130.6 123.4 120.2 205.1 92.2 131.7
Manpower (Excluding Financial Security) 399.800000 365.200000 234.300000 198.800000 429.600000 267.800000 236.900000 169.100000 562.4 452.5 326 182.1 1294.3 981.5 1189.5 301.5 2157.7 956 805.9 267.7 819.4 665 1121.8 1560.1 373 171.1 175.6 172.7 253.9 176.9 150.6 115.6 228.5 179.2 150.7 87 274.8 115.1 181.9 62.4 263 141 146.6 60.4 209.7 121.7 133 55.4 211 99.7 135.4 49.8 153.7 137.5 83.4 81.2 121.4 122.9 92.1 43.5 185.5 116.3 88.4 48.9 281.6 88.9 273 124.3 235.6 60.9 205.9 61.5 77.5 60.3 49.7 39 66 47.5 44.2
Digital Development And Information 509.400000 41.700000 299.300000 290.800000 516.800000 230.900000 26.900000 214.500000 499.7 303.3 26.5 288.9 225.3 355.1 20.5 254.5 332.7 162 20.1 250.2 163.9 240.8 126.4 199.8 101.9 129.8 135.8 167.6 186.8 64 191.4 175.1 83.4 39 166.8 89.1 174 5.3 200 110.3 292.5 42.6 115 4.4 130.1 123.4 103.6 20.7 137.6 53 76.3 0.1 93.8 75.6 34.7 22.5 69.7 36.4 44.9 9.2 61.3 8.4 17.8 0.3 48.7 7.5 20 0 13.2 10.2 10.1 0.1 11.9 11.9 5.9 6.9 13.5 7.9 8.1
Government Administration 1528.700000 904.800000 834.900000 947.800000 1374.600000 776.700000 773.400000 431.700000 1262.6 736.7 778.1 453.7 1053.2 726.7 740 388.4 1017.9 579.4 633.8 509.6 862.6 633.9 437 361.3 913.1 632.2 489.6 288.6 832.4 498.7 561.9 286.3 747 562.8 488.2 345.9 626.6 507.5 403.6 281.7 666.6 434.4 335.8 268 599.7 337.5 370.6 252.2 573 384 359.8 204.4 495.1 328 347.5 207.3 436 325.6 307.8 261.6 470 241.6 285.6 227.8 375.1 253.4 275.2 203.8 339 255.8 253.5 182.2 306.5 239 237.2 184.7 269.7 225.9 225.4
Finance 577.000000 290.500000 286.900000 232.300000 466.800000 267.300000 298.800000 188.700000 410.7 266.7 267.3 242.8 268.3 246.5 309.7 177.1 265.9 198.8 227.9 258.6 306.7 205.9 183.7 208.1 284.5 210.8 232.1 124.1 276.9 169.8 255.2 126.1 244.1 190.9 201.4 197 235.2 261.1 189 139.2 285.9 188.4 129.3 136.3 240.2 129.6 177.1 134.9 242 197.4 177.7 94.3 191.6 152.3 187.9 98.9 173 140.9 144 158.9 178.3 99.6 133.4 141.1 146.6 119.8 146.5 115.1 130 - - - - - - - - - -
Law 105.100000 64.200000 70.300000 68.600000 75.500000 67.600000 62.600000 67.000000 97.7 40.1 79.6 41.3 56.6 64.8 40.4 49.7 74.9 50.6 49.2 32.3 84.6 45.4 42.7 23.5 85.9 55.8 50.4 25.6 69.9 47.3 45.2 22.2 60.3 47.3 47.1 29.9 66.6 44.1 42.3 27.5 62.8 43.6 38.9 28.6 73.2 41.7 38.6 23.3 73.2 34.1 34.4 25.6 76.2 33.4 30.1 23 45.2 28.8 28.5 20.4 46.1 26.4 27.1 19.7 44 31.8 25.6 25.5 36.7 - - - - - - - - - -
Organs Of State 301.700000 196.900000 163.300000 116.400000 277.700000 180.500000 162.400000 104.900000 258.9 159.5 149 100.8 254.8 175.4 138 90.9 248.3 122.9 123.7 83.1 207.4 111.4 107.5 75.9 208.1 111.4 116.2 72.1 198.4 118.6 109.9 69.4 188.3 115.2 102 67.5 181.7 100.6 95.3 62.5 172.2 92.5 88.7 56.7 154.4 91.5 84.7 53 136.9 87 78.3 50.2 123.9 80.9 70.5 50.2 126.4 82.2 65.1 44.3 133.6 66.3 71.7 41.6 101.6 56.3 53.8 37.6 91.6 - - - - - - - - - -
Prime Minister's Office 219.400000 173.300000 143.400000 521.900000 228.500000 131.800000 123.600000 61.500000 495.4 270.5 282.1 68.8 473.4 239.9 252 70.7 428.8 207 233 135.6 263.9 271.3 103.1 53.7 334.6 254.2 90.9 66.7 287.1 162.9 151.5 68.5 254.3 209.4 137.8 51.5 143.1 101.6 77 52.5 145.7 109.9 78.8 46.4 131.9 74.7 70.1 41 120.9 65.5 69.4 34.3 103.4 61.3 59 35.2 91.4 73.7 70.2 38 111.9 49.4 53.5 25.4 82.9 45.5 49.3 25.6 80.7 - - - - - - - - - -
Digital Development And Information 325.500000 179.900000 170.900000 8.600000 326.100000 129.500000 126.100000 9.600000 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 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 na na na na na na na

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