Singapore Statistics

Nearly 1 in 5 civil divorces in S’pore granted by mutual agreement, without assigning blame

Figures on marriages and divorces in 2025 showed that some 18.8 per cent of civil divorces cited divorce by mutual agreement.

Singapore retail sales grow for fourth straight month but at slower pace

The estimated total retail sales value in Singapore in May stood at $4.5 billion.

More S’pore residents have no religion in 2025 than in 2020

The number of people with no religious affiliation grew from 20 per cent in 2020 to 23.9 per cent in 2025.

Singapore households’ net wealth up, but also taking on more debt such as home loans

Household liabilities are growing faster than household assets, a shift that emerged in the fourth quarter of 2025 and continued through the first quarter of 2026.

Uptick in S’pore retail sales extends into April as spending holds up amid Middle East crisis

Higher sales across most retail segments drove growth in April.

Singapore retail sales growth slows to 4.8% in March after February’s festive surge

Retail sales rose in March though the pace of growth in retail sales eased from February.

Fewer S’pore households spend on gambling, smoking from 2013 to 2023, but those who did paid more

Smoking habits saw a similar decline, as the proportion of households with such spending decreased from about 17 per cent to 9 per cent in the same decade.

Singapore to include non-wage income in annual household income report going forward

Figures under both new and old methodologies show that Singapore’s income inequality is at its lowest since records on household market income began in 2015.

Median household income in Singapore in 2025 crosses $12,000 mark for the first time

Among resident households, monthly household income grew by 7.7 per cent, from $11,558 in 2024 to $12,446 in 2025 before adjusting for inflation.

Senior households form a third of HDB residents, up from one-quarter in 2018

In 2023/2024, 31 per cent of HDB households were senior households, up from 25.6 per cent in 2018.

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