The Makan Index – A Survey of Hawker Food Prices

The survey investigated the geographical variations in the cost of eating out in different neighbourhoods in Singapore, as a means of understanding differences in the cost of living across the country. Researchers visited hawker centres and neighbourhood coffee shops in July and August 2016 to collect data and subsequently constructed an index of food prices of commonly found food items and meals To request for a dataset to be sent to you by e-mail, you must complete the Online Form and agree to comply with the Data Use Agreement. For more information, please visit Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Public Data Sharing Platform.