Return On Assets By Broad Industry (End Of Period), Annual
Description
Annual end-of-period return on assets by broad industry in Singapore from 2009 through 2024, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV format. Return on assets measures profit generated per dollar of assets deployed, complementing return on equity by showing operating efficiency independent of financing mix. Industries follow the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2025. Financial analysts, benchmarking teams, and corporate sector researchers use the series to compare asset productivity across sectors and to place company-level results in an industry context. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M084951.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 27/04/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2025. Please refer to the Technical Notes (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/industry/enterprises-and-corporate-sector/our-data-explained) for more information on the methodology and concepts of Singapore’s Corporate Sector. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M084951
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2009-01-01 – 2024-12-31
- Rows
- 13
- Columns
- 17
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Data Series | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 6.000000 | 5.400000 | 4.400000 | 5.800000 | 5.400000 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Manufacturing | 13.600000 | 10.000000 | 14.100000 | 14.200000 | 16.000000 | 11.6 | 31.3 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 11 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| Construction | 3.400000 | 2.000000 | 0.800000 | 0.600000 | -1.300000 | 2 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10.2 |
| Wholesale & Retail Trade | 9.600000 | 9.300000 | 8.900000 | 7.900000 | 10.500000 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| Transportation & Storage | 11.600000 | 7.700000 | 22.300000 | 19.200000 | 4.200000 | 2.3 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.6 |
| Accommodation & Food Services | 5.300000 | 5.000000 | 4.000000 | 0.500000 | -1.300000 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| Information & Communications | 3.300000 | 0.700000 | -0.600000 | 1.700000 | 2.100000 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 16.9 | 6.8 |
| Publishing, Broadcasting & Content Production | 11.500000 | 7.100000 | 7.800000 | 11.400000 | 8.000000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Telecommunications & Information Technology Services | 1.900000 | -0.300000 | -2.100000 | 0.100000 | 1.300000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finance & Insurance | 5.000000 | 4.600000 | 2.800000 | 5.000000 | 4.600000 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Real Estate | 4.300000 | 4.200000 | 4.500000 | 3.900000 | 1.800000 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 3.7 |
| Professional And Administrative & Support Services | 4.100000 | 3.400000 | -5.800000 | 0.200000 | 4.100000 | 6.8 | 24.2 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| Others | 10.400000 | 11.100000 | 8.400000 | 5.000000 | 0.800000 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 14.1 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 2024 | Numeric | No |
| 2023 | Numeric | No |
| 2022 | Numeric | No |
| 2021 | Numeric | No |
| 2020 | Numeric | No |
| 2019 | Text | No |
| 2018 | Text | No |
| 2017 | Text | No |
| 2016 | Text | No |
| 2015 | Text | No |
| 2014 | Text | No |
| 2013 | Text | No |
| 2012 | Text | No |
| 2011 | Text | No |
| 2010 | Text | No |
| 2009 | Text | No |