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Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Learn about ASEAN’s role in promoting regional peace, stability, and economic growth through cooperation among Southeast Asian nations.

Last updated on 12 November 2026

Singapore and ASEAN

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Singapore was one of ASEAN’s founding members in 1967. Nearly six decades on, ASEAN remains central to Singapore’s economic future: it gives us improved access to one of the world’s most dynamic growth regions, with a combined economy of over US$3.9 trillion, a market of more than 680 million people, and strong potential to become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030.

For Singapore, ASEAN is a platform for opportunities, resilience and relevance. Deeper regional integration lowers business costs, improves market access, and strengthens supply-chain connectivity. ASEAN also enhances our attractiveness to global investors and partners, while creating new opportunities for our firms in high-growth areas such as the digital and green economies.

Singapore remains deeply committed to ASEAN and continues to foster close ties with our ASEAN partners. We participate actively in the ASEAN economic-related meetings to help steer and advance ASEAN economic co-operation.  

Member Countries

ASEAN consists of 11 member states following the official admission of Timor-Leste. The members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Timor-Leste. These nations work together to promote economic growth, social progress, and regional stability in Southeast Asia.

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is ASEAN’s economic pillar and a cornerstone of Singapore’s foreign economic policy. Under the AEC Blueprint 2025, ASEAN has advanced a more integrated, competitive, and resilient regional economy. Through ASEAN’s extensive economic agreements, Singapore has strengthened trade connectivity through ASEAN’s extensive trade and improved the competitiveness of our businesses, by providing them greater and easier access to the growing markets in ASEAN and beyond.

With the AEC Strategic Plan 2026–2030, ASEAN has entered its next phase of regional economic integration. This will help Singapore businesses expand their reach across the region, connect more effectively to global markets and seize opportunities in emerging areas such as digital and green economies.

Find out more on the AEC via the ASEAN Website (opens in new tab) and the AEC Strategic Plan 2026–2030 (opens in new tab).

ASEAN 2027 Chairmanship

Singapore will take on the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2027, which coincides with ASEAN’s 60th Anniversary. We will build on the good work of previous Chairs to strengthen ASEAN’s regional economic integration and reinforce ASEAN’s value proposition in today’s geo-economic landscape by:

  • Fostering greater connectivity and economic integration by making it easier for trade and investment to flow across the region.

  • Strengthening ASEAN’s value to external partners by deepening existing partnerships and forging new ones.

  • Positioning ASEAN to capture opportunities in emerging growth areas, including the digital and green economies.

Agreements within ASEAN