Singapore · Regional expansion
Singapore chemicals had 18.4% of factory output and 11.5% of value added
Electronics led Singapore's preliminary 2025 manufacturing totals on both measures. Chemicals ranked second for gross output, but fell behind precision engineering and biomedical manufacturing when measured by value added.
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Output share
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Value added share
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Switch between each industry's share of all output and its share of all value added.
Why the measures produce a different ranking
The source reports S$479.1 billion in manufacturing output and S$132.8 billion in manufacturing value added. Gross output covers the value produced. Value added measures the contribution after intermediate inputs, which gives a different view of where economic value was created. Source 1
Chemicals show the largest gap
The chemicals cluster has 18.4% of total output and 11.5% of value added, a difference of 6.9 percentage points. The source describes a sector-level gap. It cannot show the input costs, profits or margins of an individual chemical producer. Source 1
Biomedical manufacturing moves up
Biomedical manufacturing accounts for 7.7% of output and 12.3% of value added. Its S$16.4 billion in value added exceeds the chemicals cluster's S$15.3 billion. Precision engineering also ranks higher when measured by value added, reaching S$20.6 billion. Source 1
Electronics lead by either measure
Electronics contribute 45.6% of gross output and 43.2% of value added. At S$57.4 billion, electronics value added exceeds that of the next two clusters combined. The figures describe a production base across sectors rather than the mix of Singapore's export destinations. Source 1