Datasets
Macroeconomy Anchors
Dated Singapore real GDP outcomes and forecasts, trade-openness ratios, and output-structure anchors for parent economy and macroeconomy topics — kept separate from labour-market and monetary-policy detail.
Macroeconomy Anchors
Use each row with its stated unit, reference period, and denominator. Headline cross-topic figures also appear in key statistics; labour rates live in labour market anchors; exchange-rate policy lives in mas and monetary policy. Narrative lives in economy overview.
Growth outcomes and forecasts
| Metric | Value | Denominator / notes | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth (full year) | 5.0% | Year-on-year real GDP | 2025 (MTI announcement 10 Feb 2026) |
| Real GDP growth (quarter) | 6.9% YoY; 2.1% QoQ SA | Q4 2025 versus prior periods | Q4 2025 |
| GDP growth, Q2 2026 | 5.9% YoY; 1.4% QoQ SA | Singapore economy; quarter-on-quarter comparison is seasonally adjusted | Q2 2026 |
| GDP growth, first half 2026 | 6.1% | Year-on-year real GDP | H1 2026 |
| GDP growth forecast band | 4.5–5.5% | Calendar year 2026 forecast, upgraded from 2.0–4.0% | Announced 11 Aug 2026 |
Source: MTI, 11 Aug 2026, accessed 21 August 2026. Do not present a forecast band as realised GDP.
Openness and external exposure
| Metric | Value | Denominator / notes | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross exports and imports of goods and services | Exceed 300% of GDP | Trade flows relative to GDP | MAS FAQ framing, accessed 9 Aug 2026 |
| Import share of domestic spending | Roughly 40 cents of every domestic dollar | Import content of domestic expenditure | MAS FAQ framing, accessed 9 Aug 2026 |
Source: MAS monetary-policy FAQs §2, accessed 9 August 2026. High trade/GDP intensity is not the same as a large protected domestic market.
Output structure (order-of-magnitude)
| Anchor | Value | Notes | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing share of GDP | Around one-fifth | High-value clusters (electronics, biomed, petrochemicals), not low-cost assembly alone | Economy-overview framing citing national accounts, accessed Aug 2026 |
| Food import reliance | Over 90% of food imported | Strategic vulnerability; separate from trade/GDP openness | Economy-overview framing, accessed Aug 2026 |
Prefer SingStat national-accounts releases for precise sector shares when a point estimate is required; the rows above capture durable structure used in macro interpretation.
Record details
- Also known as
- ["Singapore GDP growth","trade openness","Singapore economy size"]
- Jurisdiction
- SG
- What each row represents
- one dated GDP outcome/forecast, trade-openness ratio, or output-structure anchor
- Update cadence
- after each MTI GDP release or MAS openness framing revision
- Source format
- markdown
Dates describe this record’s own period and applicability. A verification date does not mean a rule is currently in force.
Sources
- MTI — 2026 GDP forecast upgraded to 4.5–5.5 per cent Accessed 2026-08-21
- MAS — Monetary policy framework FAQs (trade openness) Accessed 2026-08-09
Collection as of 2026-10-07 · An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.