Workload Statistics Of Supreme Court, State Courts And Family Justice Courts, Annual
Description
Annual workload statistics for the Supreme Court, State Courts, and Family Justice Courts from 2018 through 2025, published by the Singapore Courts via the Singapore Department of Statistics. Supports judiciary capacity analysis, case-flow monitoring, and access-to-justice research with footnotes on filing versus disposal dynamics.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE COURTS Data Last Updated: 22/06/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: The number of cases disposed in a year can exceed the number of cases filed in a year as the number of cases disposed of in any year are not a subset of the cases filed in that year. Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 16.3.3. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M920371
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2018-01-01 – 2025-12-31
- Rows
- 18
- Columns
- 9
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Data Series | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Criminal Cases) | 175922.000000 | 119156.000000 | 144147.000000 | 125410.000000 | 149505.000000 | 143728.000000 | 196647.000000 | 303487.000000 |
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Civil Cases) | 24803.000000 | 22945.000000 | 20358.000000 | 22187.000000 | 29245.000000 | 31189.000000 | 39047.000000 | 41530.000000 |
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Civil Cases) (Originating Processes) | 15128.000000 | 14416.000000 | 11740.000000 | 12086.000000 | 16205.000000 | 18831.000000 | 24661.000000 | 26642.000000 |
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Community Courts And Tribunals Cases) | 16570.000000 | 15274.000000 | 13575.000000 | 12201.000000 | 12336.000000 | 12099.000000 | 14260.000000 | 14047.000000 |
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Criminal Cases) | 156878.000000 | 137522.000000 | 138253.000000 | 143878.000000 | 166162.000000 | 156129.000000 | 247658.000000 | 317203.000000 |
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Civil Cases) | 23869.000000 | 22160.000000 | 21816.000000 | 24506.000000 | 31571.000000 | 33193.000000 | 38559.000000 | 40214.000000 |
| State Courts - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Community Courts And Tribunals Cases) | 15802.000000 | 14420.000000 | 13385.000000 | 11973.000000 | 13008.000000 | 13139.000000 | 13796.000000 | 13671.000000 |
| State Courts - Court Dispute Resolution | 4205.000000 | 3930.000000 | 3391.000000 | 3972.000000 | 4994.000000 | 5434.000000 | 7068.000000 | 6897.000000 |
| Supreme Court - Number Of Cases Filed (Civil Jurisdiction) | 13685.000000 | 12954.000000 | 11936.000000 | 12238.000000 | 13538.000000 | 13388.000000 | 15265.000000 | 14256.000000 |
| Supreme Court - Number Of Cases Filed (Criminal Jurisdiction) | 387.000000 | 429.000000 | 427.000000 | 430.000000 | 488.000000 | 451.000000 | 437.000000 | 524.000000 |
| Supreme Court - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Civil Jurisdiction) | 13701.000000 | 11858.000000 | 11878.000000 | 11582.000000 | 14225.000000 | 12858.000000 | 14609.000000 | 13832.000000 |
| Supreme Court - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Criminal Jurisdiction) | 422.000000 | 455.000000 | 388.000000 | 477.000000 | 485.000000 | 459.000000 | 432.000000 | 527.000000 |
| Family Justice Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Maintenance And Protection Cases) | 5503.000000 | 5315.000000 | 5315.000000 | 4998.000000 | 5020.000000 | 5680.000000 | 7112.000000 | 7401.000000 |
| Family Justice Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Divorce Cases, Originating Summonses, Probate Cases And Summonses) | 23362.000000 | 22344.000000 | 22071.000000 | 21809.000000 | 20790.000000 | 18924.000000 | 19640.000000 | 18856.000000 |
| Family Justice Courts - Number Of Cases Filed (Youth Court Cases) | 1324.000000 | 882.000000 | 817.000000 | 1016.000000 | 1285.000000 | 1163.000000 | 1120.000000 | 1064.000000 |
| Family Justice Courts - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Maintenance And Protection Cases) | 5571.000000 | 5202.000000 | 5229.000000 | 4999.000000 | 5473.000000 | 5499.000000 | 7042.000000 | 7520.000000 |
| Family Justice Courts - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Divorce Cases, Originating Summonses, Probate Cases And Summonses) | 23302.000000 | 22194.000000 | 21572.000000 | 21350.000000 | 20830.000000 | 18673.000000 | 19190.000000 | 18997.000000 |
| Family Justice Courts - Number Of Cases Disposed Of (Youth Court Cases) | 1246.000000 | 739.000000 | 784.000000 | 1025.000000 | 1181.000000 | 1055.000000 | 1218.000000 | 1236.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 2025 | Numeric | No |
| 2024 | Numeric | No |
| 2023 | Numeric | No |
| 2022 | Numeric | No |
| 2021 | Numeric | No |
| 2020 | Numeric | No |
| 2019 | Numeric | No |
| 2018 | Numeric | No |