Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Singapore
Singapore: Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) was 78.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufactures exports in Singapore, 1962–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufactures exports in Singapore is 78.2%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufactures exports in Singapore peaked at 85.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 23.2%, in 1969.
Singapore ranks 27th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 26.2% | — |
| 1963 | 27.5% | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 31.0% | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 30.3% | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 28.1% | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 25.4% | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 23.5% | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 23.2% | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 27.5% | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 33.3% | +20.9% |
| 1972 | 40.9% | +23.0% |
| 1973 | 44.3% | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 40.0% | -9.6% |
| 1975 | 41.5% | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 44.3% | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 42.4% | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 44.7% | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 44.9% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 46.7% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 48.2% | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 48.5% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 49.1% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 50.3% | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 51.2% | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 59.3% | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 66.1% | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 71.2% | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 71.1% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 72.4% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 76.6% | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 78.3% | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 82.1% | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 83.7% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 83.3% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 83.8% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 84.6% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 85.9% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 85.4% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 84.3% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 84.4% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 84.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 83.2% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 48.7% | -41.4% |
| 2006 | 46.0% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 74.8% | +62.7% |
| 2008 | 68.8% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 72.3% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 71.3% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 66.5% | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 67.8% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 67.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 68.9% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 74.2% | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 76.4% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 74.1% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 72.9% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 74.2% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 77.5% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 76.5% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 73.1% | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 74.0% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 74.5% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 78.2% | +4.9% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 78.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 59.0%, 1.3× the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 78.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 39.4%, 2.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Singapore changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +62.7% | 46.0% | 74.8% |
| 2005 | -41.4% | 83.2% | 48.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.9% | 23.2% | 31.0% | 8 |
| 1970s | 40.4% | 27.5% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 54.5% | 46.7% | 71.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 80.2% | 71.1% | 85.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.2% | 46.0% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.4% | 66.5% | 76.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.6% | 73.1% | 78.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More private sector data for Singapore
- Merchandise trade 177.6% (2025)
- Food imports 3.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 505.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 384.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 566.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 421.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 92,760 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufactures exports in Singapore?
- Manufactures exports in Singapore was 78.2% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest manufactures exports recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 85.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest manufactures exports recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.2% in 1969.
- How does Singapore rank for manufactures exports?
- Singapore ranks 27th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufactures exports rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-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.