CSV
Ministry of Law
Number of Petitions to Wind Up a Company
Description
Annual count of petitions presented to the Singapore courts to wind up a company, from 2000 through 2015, published by the Ministry of Law in CSV format. The dataset has two fields, year and number of petitions, giving a compact time series on corporate insolvency filings. Insolvency practitioners, credit analysts, and economic researchers use it as an indicator of business distress across the period, including the years around the global financial crisis. Its simple structure makes it easy to chart alongside broader business formation and economic indicators.
Official description
Number of Petitions Presented to the Court to Wind Up a Company
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2000-01-01 – 2015-12-31
- Rows
- 16
- Columns
- 2
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
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| Year | No. of petitions |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 367.000000 |
| 2001 | 340.000000 |
| 2002 | 361.000000 |
| 2003 | 309.000000 |
| 2004 | 257.000000 |
| 2005 | 204.000000 |
| 2006 | 166.000000 |
| 2007 | 148.000000 |
| 2008 | 159.000000 |
| 2009 | 177.000000 |
| 2010 | 195.000000 |
| 2011 | 168.000000 |
| 2012 | 189.000000 |
| 2013 | 198.000000 |
| 2014 | 246.000000 |
| 2015 | 255.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Year (YYYY) | No |
| No. of petitions | Numeric | No |