Statistics

Highlights the key arts statistics in Singapore, with two-point comparisons over a 10-year period to illustrate the growth of the Singapore arts scene. Read here

Chart 1: Total Arts Activities (Performances & Exhibition Days)

Chart 2: Total Performances and Productions

Chart 3: Ticketed and Non-Ticketed Performances

Chart 4: Ticketed Attendance

Chart 5: Visual Arts Exhibitions and Exhibition Days

Chart 6: Arts Societies and Companies

Breakdown of Statistic

Table 1 - No. of Arts Societies and Companies in Singapore
Table 2 - No. of Performing Arts Activities
Table 3 - No. of Ticketed Performances
Table 4 - Attendance for Ticketed Performing Arts Activities
Table 5 - No. of Visual Arts Exhibitions

Table 1 - No. of Arts Societies and Companies in Singapore

Societies¹

Year	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Music	45	44	53	53	55	54	59
Dance	16	16	19	19	20	21	21
Chinese Opera	12	14	10	10	10	10	10
Theatre	41	40	32	35	40	39	41
Literature	10	11	13	13	13	13	13
Visual Arts	28	29	36	36	36	35	39
Photography	11	11	9	9	9	9	9
Multi-Disciplinary	15	16	26	30	32	32	32


Total	178	181	198	205	215	213	224

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006


Music	61	64	69	72	81	87	90
Dance	23	22	22	20	20	23	24
Chinese Opera	12	11	11	13	13	13	13
Theatre	43	47	45	47	47	48	49
Literature	14	16	16	16	17	19	22
Visual Arts	36	36	37	37	38	40	43
Photography	10	11	11	10	10	10	9
Multi-Disciplinary	29	29	31	32	41	48	52


Total	228	236	242	247	267	288	302

¹Arts societies refer to arts groups registered with the Registry of Societies and involved in Theatre, Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Chinese Opera, Literature, Photography and Multi - Disciplinary Art

Companies²

Year	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Music	5	5	10	10	10	11	14
Dance	5	5	5	5	5	5	8
Chinese Opera	25	25	21	24	24	29	27
Theatre	19	19	18	17	18	19	25
Visual Arts	110	122	122	134	130	137	135
Multi-Disciplinary	4	4	11	11	11	11	11


Total	168	180	187	201	198	212	220

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006


Music	19	19	18	24	25	28	35
Dance	10	11	11	15	13	19	21
Chinese Opera	27	29	30	31	35	36	38
Theatre	32	45	44	47	51	60	72
Visual Arts	150	143	137	153	158	174	211
Multi-Disciplinary	18	23	26	32	39	42	51


Total	256	270	266	302	321	359	428

²Arts Companies refer to companies registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and include Performing Arts Companies; Commercial Art Galleries; Art Auctioneers; Arts Consultants and Managers

Table 2 - No. of Performing Arts Activities

Year	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Music	670	740	517	839	849	1,113	1,264
Dance	112	138	183	342	251	369	482
Theatre	1,071	989	1,219	1,325	1,218	1,633	1,715
Others	65	224	119	318	192	662	307


Total	1,915	2,091	2,038	2,824	2,510	3,777	3,768

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006


Music	1,318	1,343	1,632	1,889	1,992	2,226	2,859
Dance	504	447	455	498	716	990	711
Theatre	1,676	2,005	2,716	1,898	1,946	2,233	2,000
Others	378	316	374	369	451	961	986


Total	3,876	4,111	5,177	4,654	5,105	6,410	6,556

Includes both ticketed and non-ticketed performances.

Table 3 - No. of Ticketed Performances

Year	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Music	512	538	349	355	394	377	500
Dance	87	102	112	195	131	166	163
Theatre	968	858	1,042	1,020	932	1,148	1,331
Others	42	34	66	88	54	58	72


Total	1,609	1,532	1,569	1,658	1,511	1,749	2,066

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006


Music	525	535	602	610	741	783	1,039
Dance	205	200	204	248	317	214	234
Theatre	1,290	1,447	1,766	1,490	1,551	1,585	1,495
Others	41	21	80	89	101	171	268


Total	2,061	2,203	2,652	2,437	2,710	2,753	3,036

Table 4 - Attendance for Ticketed Performing Arts³ Activities

Year	1993 ('000)	1994 ('000)	1995 ('000)	1996 ('000)	1997 ('000)	1998 ('000)	1999 ('000)


Music	382.8	473.1	218.9	214.8	242.1	236.8	295.9
Dance	55.2	59.4	57.2	100.5	74.6	89.0	91.0
Theatre	341.4	299.3	426.8	352.1	398.2	439.8	387.2
Others	18.9	13.4	46.8	37.8	39.2	56.1	139.9


Total⁴	798.3	845.2	749.6	705.1	754.1	821.7	914.0

Year	2000 ('000)	2001 ('000)	2002 ('000)	2003 ('000)	2004 ('000)	2005 ('000)	2006 ('000)


Music	303.8	305.8	393.6	381.9	445.8	445.8	474.1
Dance	149.6	87.7	101.3	108.9	119.0	124.3	121.2
Theatre	361.1	532.2	475.1	432.5	452.4	532.6	574.2
Others	43.4	14.5	114.2	62.0	93.1	159.4	120.9


Total⁴	857.9	940.2	1,084.2	985.2	1,110.3	1,262.2	1,290.3

³Performing arts refer to folk, traditional, classical and contemporary forms of dance, music, theatre and other performances. Pop and rock concerts are not included in the statistics. Performances classified as 'others' include acrobatic arts, cultural concerts and multi-disciplinary performances.

⁴Total ticketed attendance per year might not add up as ticketed attendance for each art form was rounded off to the nearest hundred.

Table 5 - No. of Visual Arts Exhibitions

Year	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


No of exhibi -tions	150	208	255	273	346	399	406
No of days	1,441	2,135	3,265	3,270	4,115	6,164	7,654

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006


No of exhibi -tions	520	518	551	537	542	568	660
No of days	8,376	8,515	9,459	11,380	13,627	12,875	14,838

Visual arts refer to public exhibitions of abstract or representational art objects such as paintings, sculpture, pottery, ceramics, creative photography, installation art and multi-media art. Applied arts such as film, video, graphic design, fashion design, jewellery design and handicrafts are excluded.

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