Singapore - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Singapore was $108,521,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $108,521,000,000 in 2020 and ($823,737,700) in 1980.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 ($96,236,770)
1961 ($111,296,200)
1962 ($85,946,690)
1963 ($133,738,400)
1964 ($97,118,780)
1965 ($107,866,200)
1966 ($79,184,630)
1967 ($90,977,390)
1968 ($78,139,290)
1969 ($156,801,200)
1970 ($365,020,300)
1971 ($461,126,400)
1972 ($423,869,900)
1973 ($334,720,000)
1974 ($784,365,600)
1975 ($525,462,700)
1976 ($438,999,700)
1977 ($97,013,110)
1978 ($280,027,900)
1979 ($525,813,500)
1980 ($823,737,700)
1981 ($483,794,100)
1982 ($294,694,000)
1983 $103,878,500
1984 ($38,570,750)
1985 $57,428,160
1986 $489,841,400
1987 $620,924,000
1988 $2,425,784,000
1989 $3,356,887,000
1990 $3,633,544,000
1991 $6,003,531,000
1992 $6,328,422,000
1993 $5,990,593,000
1994 $11,915,940,000
1995 $14,736,980,000
1996 $15,768,510,000
1997 $14,747,640,000
1998 $18,428,060,000
1999 $14,672,860,000
2000 $11,852,960,000
2001 $14,812,800,000
2002 $17,051,210,000
2003 $27,295,660,000
2004 $30,345,990,000
2005 $38,200,190,000
2006 $45,647,110,000
2007 $56,581,120,000
2008 $40,001,840,000
2009 $45,620,080,000
2010 $63,099,520,000
2011 $76,980,210,000
2012 $71,488,590,000
2013 $71,092,630,000
2014 $73,800,340,000
2015 $84,078,410,000
2016 $83,422,580,000
2017 $90,775,440,000
2018 $108,209,000,000
2019 $105,828,000,000
2020 $108,521,000,000

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Singapore was 149,727,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 149,727,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of -1,927,500,000 in 1974.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 -294,600,000
1961 -340,700,000
1962 -263,100,000
1963 -409,400,000
1964 -297,300,000
1965 -330,200,000
1966 -242,400,000
1967 -278,500,000
1968 -239,200,000
1969 -480,000,000
1970 -1,117,400,000
1971 -1,411,600,000
1972 -1,293,100,000
1973 -941,400,000
1974 -1,927,500,000
1975 -1,280,500,000
1976 -1,041,000,000
1977 -239,700,000
1978 -683,100,000
1979 -1,195,700,000
1980 -1,791,300,000
1981 -1,035,900,000
1982 -622,600,000
1983 222,300,000
1984 -81,500,000
1985 122,500,000
1986 1,077,700,000
1987 1,352,000,000
1988 5,108,700,000
1989 6,755,400,000
1990 7,086,500,000
1991 10,371,100,000
1992 10,309,000,000
1993 9,679,600,000
1994 18,200,400,000
1995 20,888,200,000
1996 22,233,600,000
1997 21,897,300,000
1998 30,841,200,000
1999 24,870,500,000
2000 20,434,500,000
2001 26,540,100,000
2002 30,531,900,000
2003 47,554,500,000
2004 51,290,800,000
2005 63,580,400,000
2006 72,528,700,000
2007 85,273,400,000
2008 56,598,600,000
2009 66,354,400,000
2010 86,036,200,000
2011 96,825,700,000
2012 89,339,300,000
2013 88,958,200,000
2014 93,512,400,000
2015 115,591,000,000
2016 115,248,000,000
2017 125,352,000,000
2018 145,952,000,000
2019 144,370,000,000
2020 149,727,000,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Singapore was 143,759,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 143,759,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 114,474,000,000 in 2016.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2015 115,591,000,000
2016 114,474,000,000
2017 118,310,000,000
2018 129,110,000,000
2019 128,855,000,000
2020 143,759,000,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Singapore was 31.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was -20.37 in 1971.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -13.66
1961 -14.56
1962 -10.40
1963 -14.57
1964 -10.86
1965 -11.07
1966 -7.22
1967 -7.35
1968 -5.48
1969 -9.45
1970 -19.01
1971 -20.37
1972 -15.58
1973 -9.06
1974 -15.02
1975 -9.33
1976 -6.94
1977 -1.47
1978 -3.73
1979 -5.66
1980 -6.92
1981 -3.41
1982 -1.83
1983 0.58
1984 -0.20
1985 0.30
1986 2.64
1987 2.97
1988 9.56
1989 11.02
1990 10.05
1991 13.20
1992 12.14
1993 9.88
1994 16.17
1995 16.78
1996 16.38
1997 14.73
1998 21.50
1999 17.01
2000 12.34
2001 16.50
2002 18.43
2003 27.95
2004 26.38
2005 29.89
2006 30.71
2007 31.27
2008 20.66
2009 23.50
2010 26.31
2011 27.56
2012 24.23
2013 23.11
2014 23.44
2015 27.30
2016 26.17
2017 26.44
2018 28.78
2019 28.27
2020 31.92

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts