Foreign Direct Investment in Singapore increased by 55118.10 SGD Million in the second quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Singapore Foreign Direct Investment - Net Inflows - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Historical chart and dataset showing Singapore foreign direct investment by year from 1970 to 2023.

Key information about Singapore Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• Singapore Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 32.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a growth equal to 24.5 % in the previous quarter.
• Singapore Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1995 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 43.3 % in Mar 1999 and a record low -11.1 % in Jun 2003.

CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Foreign Direct Investment and quarterly Nominal GDP. The Singapore Department of Statistics provides Foreign Direct Investment in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.


Related information about Singapore Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Singapore, Current Account recorded a surplus of 25.9 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 45.6 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• Singapore Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 12.8 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 7.7 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 120.6 USD bn in Mar 2023.

In 2023, the net inflows of foreign direct investments in Singapore amounted to ****** billion U.S. dollars. This was the highest net FDI inflows in the country in the last decade.

Key information about Singapore Foreign Direct Investment

• Singapore Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 45.6 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with an increase of 33.9 USD bn in the previous quarter.
• Singapore Foreign Direct Investment: USD mn net flows data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1995 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 46.9 USD bn in Dec 2022 and a record low of -2.5 USD bn in Jun 2003.

CEIC converts quarterly Foreign Direct Investment into USD. The Singapore Department of Statistics provides Foreign Direct Investment in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.


Related information about Singapore Foreign Direct Investment

• In the latest reports of Singapore, Current Account recorded a surplus of 25.9 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Singapore Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 12.8 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 7.7 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 120.6 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Singapore was reported at 27.76 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Singapore - Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: United States data was reported at 692,307.300 SGD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 566,893.500 SGD mn for 2022. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: United States data is updated yearly, averaging 70,925.450 SGD mn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2023, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 692,307.300 SGD mn in 2023 and a record low of 22,810.700 SGD mn in 1998. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: United States data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Singapore Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.O009: Foreign Direct Investment: By Region and Country. Stock as at Year-End.

In 2023, the value of foreign direct investment in Singapore was approximately 2.84 trillion Singapore dollars. Singapore is among the leading countries for inward foreign direct investment in Asia.

In 2023, the finance and insurance industry received just under **** trillion Singapore dollars of inward foreign direct investments. In comparison, the next leading industry for inward foreign direct investment in Singapore, wholesale and retail trade, received *** billion Singapore dollars.

In 2023, the end-year foreign direct equity investment stock in Singapore amounted to just under *** trillion Singapore dollars, while the net intercompany lending was at just under *** billion Singapore dollars. In that year, the total foreign direct investment inflows amounted to around *** trillion Singapore dollars.

Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) in Singapore was reported at --96683787762 USD in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Singapore - Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Singapore: Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP: The latest value from 2024 is 27.76 percent, an increase from 26.21 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 4.56 percent, based on data from 105 countries. Historically, the average for Singapore from 1970 to 2024 is 14.67 percent. The minimum value, 3.65 percent, was reached in 1976 while the maximum of 33.3 percent was recorded in 2021.

The leading source country for inward foreign direct investment to Singapore in 2023 was the United States, with *** billion Singapore dollars. The other leading source countries include Japan and the United Kingdom.

Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: China data was reported at 36,418.700 SGD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 24,533.900 SGD mn for 2016. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: China data is updated yearly, averaging 3,368.900 SGD mn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36,418.700 SGD mn in 2017 and a record low of 359.700 SGD mn in 2004. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.O006: Foreign Direct Investment: By Region and Country. Stock as at Year-End.

In 2023, foreign direct investments in the information and communications sector in Singapore amounted to approximately ***** billion Singapore dollars. In that year, the total value of foreign direct investments in Singapore was approximately **** trillion Singapore dollars.

Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: Netherlands data was reported at 81,934.900 SGD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 55,169.100 SGD mn for 2022. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: Netherlands data is updated yearly, averaging 53,293.850 SGD mn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2023, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 115,226.200 SGD mn in 2017 and a record low of 9,469.600 SGD mn in 1998. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: Netherlands data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Singapore Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.O009: Foreign Direct Investment: By Region and Country. Stock as at Year-End.

In 2023, the value of outward foreign direct investment from Singapore were estimated to reach around ** billion U.S. dollars. FDI inflows to Singapore ranged at approximately *** billions U.S. dollars.

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Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: Japan data was reported at 181,047.100 SGD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 178,856.600 SGD mn for 2022. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: Japan data is updated yearly, averaging 55,671.700 SGD mn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2023, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 181,047.100 SGD mn in 2023 and a record low of 26,092.300 SGD mn in 1998. Singapore (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: By Country: Japan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Singapore Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.O009: Foreign Direct Investment: By Region and Country. Stock as at Year-End.

The net inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Singapore accounted for just under 35 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). During the observed period, this was the highest amount of FDI net inflow as a share of GDP.