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Economy Singapore
Flag of Singapore Singapore
Population: 4,353,893 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Singapore
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Tabular Data - The Singaporean Economy

GDP : purchasing power parity - $109.4 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - Real Growth Rate : 1.1% (2003 est.)
GDP - Per Capita : purchasing power parity - $23,700 (2003 est.)
GDP - Composition By Sector : agriculture: negligible
industry: 32.2%
services: 67.8% (2003 est.)
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : 0.5% (2003 est.)
Labor Force : 2.2 million (2003)
Labor Force - By Occupation : manufacturing 18%, construction 6%, transportation and communication 11%, financial, business, and other services 49%, other 16% (2003)
Budget : revenues: $14.15 billion
expenditures: $15.61 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.6 billion (2003 est.)
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 : 2.8% (2003 est.)
Electricity - Production : 30.48 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - Production by Source : fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - Consumption : 28.35 billion kWh (2001)
Agriculture - Products : rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables, poultry, eggs, fish, ornamental fish
Exports : $142.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - Commodities : machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels
Exports - Partners : Malaysia 15.8%, US 14.3%, Hong Kong 10%, China 7%, Japan 6.7%, Taiwan 4.7%, Thailand 4.3%, South Korea 4.2% (2003 est.)
Imports : $121.6 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - Commodities : machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
Imports - Partners : Malaysia 16.8%, US 14.1%, Japan 12%, China 8.7%, Taiwan 5.1%, Thailand 4.3% (2003 est.)
Debt - External : $15.06 billion (2003 est.)
Currency : Singapore dollar (SGD)
Currency Code : SGD
Exchange Rates : Singapore dollars per US dollar - 1.7422 (2003), 1.7906 (2002), 1.7917 (2001), 1.724 (2000), 1.695 (1999)
Fiscal Year : 1 April - 31 March

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook