Singapore: government funding for arts and cultural events breakdown

In 2019, government funding for arts and heritage in Singapore was estimated to reach approximately 447 million Singapore dollars, an increase from 2018. The total government funding for arts and culture in that year was around 496 million Singapore dollars.

Breakdown of Singaporean government funding for arts and cultural events from 2014 to 2019 (in million Singapore dollars)

Characteristic	Arts and heritage*	Cultural matching fund**
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Release date

January 2021

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Region

Singapore

Survey time period

2014 to 2019

Supplementary notes

1 Singapore dollar is equal to 0.75 U.S. dollars and 0.62 euros as of March 2021.

*The Arts & Heritage figures are based on financial year, and reflect operating and development expenditure for the arts & heritage sector.

**The Cultural Matching Fund was set up by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, to provide dollar-for-dollar matching grants for private cash donations to arts & heritage charities and Institutions of Public Character (IPC).

***From 2017 onwards, film and library-related statistics are not included in the Singapore Cultural Statistics publication.

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