The average price of a plate of economic rice (1 meat 2 veg) at hawker centres and coffee shops, each year since 2015.
| Sep 2026 | S$3.81 |
| 2026, Jan–Sep | S$3.77 |
| 2025 | S$3.74 (+1% on 2024) |
| 2015 | S$3.15 |
| Of 20 hawker dishes and drinks | 14th dearest |
🍱 Economic rice, a plate, each year
* 2026 so far, Jan–Sep
| Year | Average price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | S$3.15 | – |
| 2016 | S$3.22 | +7 cents (+2.2%) |
| 2017 | S$3.27 | +5 cents (+1.6%) |
| 2018 | S$3.29 | +2 cents (+0.6%) |
| 2019 | S$3.34 | +5 cents (+1.5%) |
| 2020 | S$3.37 | +3 cents (+0.9%) |
| 2021 | S$3.40 | +3 cents (+0.9%) |
| 2022 | S$3.58 | +18 cents (+5.3%) |
| 2023 | S$3.82 | +24 cents (+6.7%) |
| 2024 | S$3.70 | −12 cents (−3.1%) |
| 2025 | S$3.74 | +4 cents (+1.1%) |
| 2026, Jan–Sep | S$3.77 | +3 cents (+0.8%) |
Each year is SingStat’s average for the year, and 2026 its average for the months so far. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Average Retail Prices Of Selected Consumer Items, under the Singapore Open Data Licence.
| Item | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| 🍽️ Chicken chop a plate | S$7.93 |
| 🍛 Chicken nasi briyani a plate | S$7.12 |
| 🐟 Saba fish with rice a plate | S$6.65 |
| 🥣 Sliced fish bee hoon a bowl | S$5.94 |
| 🍳 Char kway teow a plate | S$4.83 |
| 🦆 Duck rice a plate | S$4.81 |
| 🥟 Wanton noodles a plate | S$4.61 |
| 🍜 Fishball noodles a bowl | S$4.44 |
| 🍖 Char siew rice a plate | S$4.27 |
| 🍗 Chicken rice a plate | S$4.25 |
| 🍲 Mee rebus a bowl | S$4.19 |
| 🍝 Mee siam a bowl | S$4.03 |
| 🥕 Fried carrot cake a plate | S$3.93 |
| 🍱 Economic rice a plate | S$3.81 |
| 🍧 Ice kachang a bowl | S$2.80 |
| 🥤 Canned drink a can | S$1.83 |
| 🍫 Milo a cup | S$1.66 |
| ☕ Kopi or teh a cup | S$1.45 |
| 🫓 Roti prata a piece | S$1.30 |
| 🫖 Kopi-O or teh-O a cup | S$1.27 |
S$3.81 a plate on average in Sep 2026, by the Department of Statistics’ survey of hawker centres and coffee shops, and S$3.77 on average over 2026 so far. It was S$3.74 on average in 2025. That’s the middle of the market: a stall can charge more or less.
From S$3.15 in 2015, when SingStat began pricing it, to S$3.81 in Sep 2026: 66 cents, or 21% more. From 2024 to 2025 it went up 1%. The biggest jumps were in 2022 and 2023: S$3.40 to S$3.58 in 2022, S$3.58 to S$3.82 in 2023.
Yes: S$3.81 a plate against S$2.80 a bowl of ice kachang in Sep 2026. Of the 20 hawker dishes and drinks SingStat prices, economic rice is the 14th dearest, after fried carrot cake (S$3.93).
The Department of Statistics’ Average Retail Prices Of Selected Consumer Items: each year’s average and each month’s, from the stalls it surveys for the Consumer Price Index. From January 2024 it prices a new sample of stalls and items, so a change from 2023 to 2024 isn’t all price. Updated Oct 2026; every item’s price each year is in one CSV.
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