Government Budget 45% open

Singapore

Singapore is ranked #61 for this dataset
Singapore's Index ranking for government budget is down from #34 in 2013

What data is expected?

National government budget at a high level (e.g. spending by sector, department etc). This category is about budgets which are government plans for expenditure (not actual expenditure in the past).

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (PDF, XLS)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

The link provided is to primary budget site which only appears to contain PDF documents with the text of the enacted budget (containing tables etc). You can download consolidated PDF documents in a zip file at http://www.mof.gov.sg/budget_2013/revenue_expenditure/attachment/FY2013_Rev_Exp.zip. Material is not open as terms of use at http://www.mof.gov.sg/budget_2013/terms_of_use.html state "Except as otherwise provided, the Contents of this Site shall not be reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or otherwise distributed in any way, without the prior permission of MOF. To use any parts of the Contents of this Site, the user must seek permission in writing, stating the Contents for use; intent of use; manner of use; time frame of use and identity of the user. MOF reserves the right to refuse permission without declaring reason(s); and/or if information submitted by user is deemed insufficient." Note that you can find some Excel files related to budget and finances on data.gov.sg at http://data.gov.sg/common/search.aspx?q=budget&page=1 but is not clear whether these cover all of the budget and which years.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Christian Villum

Submitters

  • Gosia Klimowicz
  • Rufus Pollock