How dependent is Singapore on Thailand?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Thailand sells 2.3% of what the world exports of precious metal scrap; next come United States (22.2%), Indonesia (15.7%) and Belgium (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 56.8 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 8.2% of what the world exports of tugboats; next come Saudi Arabia (24.9%), China (11.2%) and Turkey (8.7%). The rest of the world exported 20.5 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 14.7% of what the world exports of prepared meat; next come China (8.7%), Germany (8.6%) and Poland (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 130.9 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 6.2% of what the world exports of cane and beet sugar; next come Brazil (47.2%), India (4.9%) and France (4%). The rest of the world exported 470.3 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 24.7% of what the world exports of starches; next come Vietnam (12.4%), Germany (7.1%) and Netherlands (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 116.5 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 16.4% of what the world exports of pearl and gemstone articles; next come China (27.7%), United States (8.9%) and Vietnam (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 44.8 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 2.3% of what the world exports of ships for scrap; next come Japan (18.1%), South Korea (13.4%) and Germany (10.9%). The rest of the world exported 42.4 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 5.9% of what the world exports of hydrogen peroxide; next come Belgium (14.1%), Germany (8.6%) and South Korea (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 79.1 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.
• Thailand sells 9% of what the world exports of other cereal flours; next come Mexico (14.5%), South Africa (8%) and United States (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 328.7 times what Singapore buys from Thailand.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Singapore is Thailand’s 5th-largest customer, with 4% of its exports.

• Trade between Singapore and Thailand
• Who does Singapore rely on?
• Who does Thailand rely on?
• Dependence of Singapore on China
• Dependence of Singapore on the United States
• Dependence of Singapore on Malaysia
• Dependence of Singapore on South Korea
• Dependence of Singapore on Switzerland
• Dependence of Singapore on Saudi Arabia
• Dependence of Singapore on France
• Dependence of Singapore on Indonesia
• Dependence of Singapore on India
• Dependence of Singapore on Brazil
• Dependence of Singapore on Vietnam
• Trade profile of Singapore
• Trade profile of Thailand
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.