Dengue in Singapore
Country profile for Singapore (Western Pacific): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Singapore reported 2,564 dengue cases from January to September 2026, -25.8% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to September: 0 (0 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Singapore recorded 3,998 cases, an incidence of 65.4 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for September 2026: Normal, because cases are within the usual range for this time of year.
- Ensemble forecast: October 2026 about 331 cases (80% range 232 to 471); November 2026 about 310 cases (80% range 181 to 531); December 2026 about 324 cases (80% range 163 to 643). Backtest MAPE 23.5%, MASE 0.17.
- Cases usually peak in July (based on 7 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 2 months; the most recent was February 2024 with 2,261 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Singapore since 1960.
- The monthly series is extended back to January 2019 with OpenDengue data, after checking that both sources agree (median ratio 1).
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Honduras, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Thailand.
Related pages
- Dengue in Honduras
- Dengue in El Salvador
- Dengue in Sri Lanka
- Dengue in Colombia
- Dengue in Thailand
- Dengue in Cambodia
- Dengue in Indonesia
- Dengue in Laos
- Dengue in People's Republic of China
- Dengue in Australia
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.