Singapore’s digital economy 2025 expanded to SGD128.1bn (USD99bn) in 2024, accounting for 18.6% of GDP, up from 18.0% in 2023 and 14.9% in 2019, according to the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) latest report. The Infocomm Media Development Authority said more than two-thirds of the digital economy’s output came from non-Information & Communications sectors, led by finance and insurance, wholesale trade, and manufacturing. SME digital adoption climbed to 95.1%, w

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