NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

52.2 (2005)

Investment (gross fixed):

24.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $27 billion expenditures: $21.5 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 April - 31 March

Public debt:

96.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

2.1% (2007 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

5.33% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$44.4 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$162.2 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$129.2 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs; fish, ornamental fish

Industries:

electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade

Industrial production growth rate:

7.4% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

38.68 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

35.13 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

9,836 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

834,600 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

1.203 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

2.003 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

6.5 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

6.5 billion cu m note: from Indonesia and Malaysia (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

$46.39 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$302.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels

Exports - partners:

Malaysia 12.9%, Hong Kong 10.5%, Indonesia 9.8%, China 9.7%, US 8.9%, Japan 4.8%, Thailand 4.1% (2007)

Imports:

$252 billion (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

Malaysia 13.1%, US 12.5%, China 12.1%, Japan 8.2%, Taiwan 5.9%,
Indonesia 5.6%, South Korea 4.9% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$0 (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$163 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$25.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$214.5 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$111.2 billion (2005)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$382.4 billion (2007)

Currency (code):

Singapore dollar (SGD)

Currency code: