Singapore Corporate Direct Investment Abroad Hits 1.45 Trillion US Dollars

The Singapore Department of Statistics reported that Singapore's corporate sector held 1.85 trillion Singapore dollars (1.45 trillion U.S. dollars) in direct investment abroad at the end of 2025. According to advance estimates released on November 3, 2026, direct equity investment drove the vast majority of this stock, accounting for 94.3 percent, while net inter-company lending comprised the remaining 5.7 percent.

Investment was heavily concentrated in a small number of markets, with the top ten destination economies attracting 64.8 percent of the total stock. The Chinese mainland, the United Kingdom, and India emerged as the top three destinations for Singaporean corporate investment.