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Daily Life System Anchors

Dated Singapore system-scale daily-life anchors — resident CPI framing, Household Expenditure Survey averages, GST, gazetted public-holiday count, and Employment Act leave floors — without mixing expatriate baskets or child-topic procedural detail.

Last verified: 2026-08-09 Status: verified

Daily Life System Anchors

Use each row with its stated population base, reference period, and unit. Narrative interpretation lives in daily life overview; resident CPI detail in cost of living anchors; dated holiday calendars in public holiday calendar; recurring GST rows in annual rates.

Population bases

Index / rule Population / basket Do not confuse with
CPI all items General resident households EIU expatriate basket or private-rent relocation budgets
HES 2023 averages Resident households in the survey Per-person hawker-only estimates or expat cost guides
GST Domestic consumption of taxable goods and services Tourist refund schemes or zero-rated export rules
Public holidays (paid) Employees covered by the Employment Act Universal business closure; school calendars
Annual leave (statutory minimum) Employment Act–covered employees after 3 months' service Contractors outside the Act; employer policies above the floor

Sources: SingStat prices and price indices; MOM public holidays; MOM annual leave, accessed 14 August 2026.

Resident inflation — CPI headline framing

Metric Value Population / denominator As of
CPI all items (general households) +0.9% Full calendar year change 2025
Prior-year CPI all items +2.4% Full calendar year change 2024

Source: SingStat prices and price indices, accessed 14 August 2026. EIU city rankings and PTC fare tables live in cost of living anchors; never quote an undated CPI figure.

Household Expenditure Survey 2023

Metric Value Population / denominator As of
Average monthly household expenditure S$5,931 Resident households; +2.8% p.a. from 2017/18 HES 2023
Average monthly household income (all sources) S$15,473 Same household base; +4.1% p.a. from 2017/18 HES 2023

Source: SingStat HES 2023 latest data, accessed 9 August 2026. Survey average ≠ every household's budget.

Consumption tax

Anchor Value Population / applicability As of
GST standard rate 9% Taxable domestic supplies of goods and services Since 1 Jan 2024

Source: IRAS GST, accessed 9 August 2026. Recurring rate rows also appear in annual rates.

Public holidays — recurring statutory calendar

Metric Value Population / denominator As of
Recurring paid public-holiday days 11 Employment Act–covered employees (10 named occasions; Chinese New Year has two entries) Accessed 9 Aug 2026
Gazetted public holidays in 2026 11 dates Official MOM calendar year Calendar year 2026
Additional holiday in a given year Possible e.g. Polling Day; check live MOM list Event-specific

Source: MOM public holidays; MOM entitlement guide, accessed 9 August 2026. Dated 2026/2027 rows and rest-day substitution rules live in public holiday calendar.

Annual leave — statutory minimum scale

Year of service (with same employer) Paid annual leave days Population As of
1st 7 Employment Act–covered employee; ≥3 months completed service Accessed 9 Aug 2026
8th and thereafter 14 Same population base Accessed 9 Aug 2026

Source: MOM annual leave eligibility and entitlement, accessed 9 August 2026. Intermediate years scale 8–13 days; pro-rating applies for partial years. Contract terms above the floor are employer-specific.

Record details

Also known as
["Singapore daily life statistics","resident CPI","public holidays Singapore","HES monthly expenditure","GST rate Singapore"]
Jurisdiction
SG

Dates describe this record’s own period and applicability. A verification date does not mean a rule is currently in force.

Sources

Collection as of 2026-10-07 · An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.