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Singapore

East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Singapore

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

83.3years

Ranks 15 of 217 in 2024

12% above world median · 14% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

2.7per 1,000 live births

Ranks 14 of 196 in 2024

82% below world median · 84% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

6per 100,000 live births

Ranks 28 of 194 in 2023

87% below world median · 93% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2000 · 26 years old

4.5% of under-5s

Ranks 2 of 58 in 2000

84% below world median · 89% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 58 countries reporting in 2000 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.49% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

29% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

0.97births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

49% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2021 · 5 years old

97.7% of adults 15+

Ranks 9 of 44 in 2021

9% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2023 · 3 years old

100.2% gross

Ranks 83 of 166 in 2023

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Education spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.19% of GDP

Ranks 38 of 40 in 2024

49% below world median · 52% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

98,814current US$

Ranks 4 of 186 in 2025

11.5× above world median · 13.9× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

163,354international $

Ranks 1 of 185 in 2025

7.1× above world median · 9.0× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

2.8% of labour force

Ranks 33 of 182 in 2025

45% below world median · 8% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

70% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.84% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

79% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 148 in 2024

24% above world median · 60% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

94.4% of population

Ranks 31 of 182 in 2024

15% above world median · 12% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

9.75t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

2.8× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

6.1mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

7% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Singapore has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini). That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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