Pre-demographic dividend vs Singapore: Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)
Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Pre-demographic dividend
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 74.5% against 60.3% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 14.2%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Pre-demographic dividend ahead.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 25th and Singapore ranks 24th of 47 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Pre-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Singapore in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pre-demographic dividend | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 73.9% | 56.8% | 17.1% | Pre-demographic dividend |
| 2000s | 59.4% | 73.5% | 14.0% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 61.4% | 65.2% | 3.8% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 58.7% | 70.0% | 11.3% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures imports, Pre-demographic dividend or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 74.5% against 60.3% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures imports between Pre-demographic dividend and Singapore?
- 14.2%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pre-demographic dividend and Singapore?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Pre-demographic dividend and Singapore rank globally for manufactures imports?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 25th and Singapore ranks 24th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.