Singapore corporate FDI stock topped $3.13t in 2024

Foreign investment rose 9.5% in 2024, marking steady five-year growth.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Singapore’s corporate sector grew steadily over the period of 2020 to 2024 reaching $3.130t.

The stock of FDI rose from $2.127t in 2020 to $2.467t in 2021, $2.616t in 2022, and $2.859t in 2023 to the latest available figure from the Singapore Department of Statistics.

The latest figures show a 9.5% year-on-year rise from 2023 to 2024.

FDI supports Singapore’s economy by creating jobs, transferring skills, and enabling corporate expansion through new subsidiaries, greenfield investments, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign-owned enterprise growth.

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