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MOF estimates government spending to exceed 20% of Singapore's GDP by FY2030 due mainly to healthcare expenditures

Felicia Tan
Felicia Tan • 2 min read
MOF estimates government spending to exceed 20% of Singapore's GDP by FY2030 due mainly to healthcare expenditures
“That is why the tax changes announced in Budget 2022, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) increase, were necessary to close the funding gap," says MOF. Photo: Bloomberg
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The expenditure of the Singapore government is expected to increase to around 19% to 20% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the period between FY2026 to FY2030.

Spending is expected to possibly exceed 20% by FY2030, says the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in its occasional paper titled “Medium-Term Fiscal Projections”.

The paper looks at the fiscal implications of Singapore’s medium-term challenges and projects the government’s expenditure up till FY2030, explains MOF in its Feb 8 statement.

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