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Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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City-state
A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.-Historical city-states:...
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- Most livable citiesWorld's Most Livable CitiesThe world's most liveable cities is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on a reputable annual survey of living conditions. Two examples are the Mercer Quality of Living Survey and The Economists World's Most Livable Cities .Liveability rankings are designed for use by...
—- Economist Intelligence UnitEconomist Intelligence UnitThe Economist Intelligence Unit is part of the Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S. company acquired by the parent organization in 1986...
: World's Most Livable Cities survey 2011: Singapore is ranked 4th on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Asia Most Livable City survey - Singapore is ranked 1st in 201 on Gallup's Potential Net Migration Index.
- Singapore is ranked No. 1 for Asian expatriates in 2010 on ECA International’s Location Ratings Survey.
- Singapore is ranked the 15th most liveable city worldwide in the Monocle liveable city index.
- Economist Intelligence Unit
- FutureBrand: Country Brand Index 2009, ranked 13 out of 102 brands (ranked 4 in the Asia-Pacific region)
- Best Country Brand – Conferences, ranked 3 out of 102 brands
- Best Country Brand – Easiest to do Business in, ranked 1 out of 102 brands
- Best Country Brand – Ideal for Business, ranked 2 out of 102 brands
- Best Country Brand – Shopping, ranked 1 out of 102 brands
- Most expensive cities —
- Economist Intelligence UnitEconomist Intelligence UnitThe Economist Intelligence Unit is part of the Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S. company acquired by the parent organization in 1986...
: Cost of Living Survey 2009, ranked 10 out of 140 cities in the world (ranked 3 in Asia) - ECA InternationalECA InternationalECA International is a consulting firm that provides data and software solutions to assist companies in the management of international assignees around the world...
: Cost of Living Survey (June 2011), ranked 36 out of more than 390 locations in the world (ranked 6th in Asia) - MercerMercer (consulting firm)Mercer is a human resource and related financial services consulting firm, headquartered in New York City. The firm operates internationally in more than 40 countries, with more than 19,000 employees, and is the world's largest human resource consulting firm....
: Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2011, ranked 8 out of 143 countries - Expatistan: Cost of life index for expats, June 2011, ranked 11 out of 137 cities
- Economist Intelligence Unit
- Population of urban area: Ranked 63 (2011)
- Singapore ranked Asia’s top City of Opportunity and ninth amongst 26 cities worldwide by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Communications
- Singapore is Asia's most "network ready" country.
- Economist Intelligence UnitEconomist Intelligence UnitThe Economist Intelligence Unit is part of the Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S. company acquired by the parent organization in 1986...
: e-readinessE-readinessE-Readiness is the ability to use information and communication technologies to develop one's economy and to foster one's welfare.There are several benchmarking indices at the macro level, e.g., those calculated by the UNPAN, World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit etc.Because what appear on the...
2008, ranked 6 out of 70 countries - Singapore has the 2nd highest internet penetration in Asia-Pacific.
- Household broadband penetration rate as of December 2008: 99.9%
- International Press InstituteInternational Press InstituteInternational Press Institute is a global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of journalism practices. Founded in October 1950, the IPI has members in over 120 countries....
(IPI): Accessible Government pilot project, ranked 2 out of 12 countries - VISA: Online shopping survey 2009, ranked 1 in Asia-Pacific region
Demographics
- CIACentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
World FactbookThe World FactbookThe World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
: Total fertility rateTotal Fertility RateThe total fertility rate of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime, and she...
2011 estimate, ranked 220 out of 222 countries (1.11) - The Gallup OrganizationThe Gallup OrganizationThe Gallup Organization, is primarily a research-based performance-management consulting company. Some of Gallup's key practice areas are - Employee Engagement, Customer Engagement and Well-Being. Gallup has over 40 offices in 27 countries. World headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Operational...
: Potential Net Migration Index (PNMI), ranked 1 out of 135 countries - Population density ranked 2 out of 241 countries
- United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
: Population ranked 114 out of 221 countries - United Nations: World Population Policies 2005 number of immigrants, ranked 22 out of 192 countries
Economy
- Singapore is ranked No.2 worldwide as the city with the best investment potential for 16 consecutive years.
- Singapore is ranked first for having the most open economy for international trade and investment.
- Singapore is the world's easiest place to do business.
- Singapore is ranked the 3rd the most competitive country in the world.
- Singapore is the best business environment worldwide.
- Singapore is first in the world for having the best protection of intellectual property.
- The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
: Quality-of-Life IndexQuality-of-life indexThe Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index is based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective life-satisfaction surveys to the objective determinants of quality of life across countries...
2005, ranked 11 out of 111 countries - External debt ranked 65 out of 202 countries
- Foreign exchange reserves ranked 8 out of 156 countries
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- CIA World Factbook: ranked 45 out of 190 countries
- IMFInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
: ranked 45 out of 179 countries - World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
: ranked 43 out of 180 countries
- Nominal GDP growth rate 2007 estimate: ranked 37 out of 215 countries
- Nominal GDP per capita 2006 —
- CIA World Factbook: ranked 24 out of 185 countries
- International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
: ranked 21 out of 179 countries - World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
: ranked 19 out of 170 countries
- Pacific Economic Cooperation CouncilPacific Economic Cooperation CouncilThe Pacific Economic Cooperation Council is a network of member committees composed of individuals and institutions dedicated to promoting cooperation across the Asia Pacific region...
: Index of Economic Integration 2009, ranked 1 out of 17 Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationAsia-Pacific Economic CooperationAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region...
(APEC) economies - Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute: Linaburg–Maduell Transparency Index for third quarter of 2009, Temasek HoldingsTemasek HoldingsTemasek Holdings is an investment company owned by the government of Singapore. With an international staff of 380 people, it manages a portfolio of about S$193 billion at end of March 2011, focused primarily in Asia...
rated joint 1 with seven other sovereign wealth fundSovereign wealth fundA sovereign wealth fund is a state-owned investment fund composed of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, property, precious metals or other financial instruments. Sovereign wealth funds invest globally. Some of them have grabbed attention making bad investments in several Wall Street financial...
s out of 45Singapore - Temasek Holdings score perfect 10, and Singapore - GIC score 6 out of 10. - Unemployment rate ranked 6 with 1.6% unemployment
- United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
: Human Development Index 2010, ranked 27 out of 172 countries - The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
: Index of Economic FreedomIndex of Economic FreedomThe Index of Economic Freedom is a series of 10 economic measurements created by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Its stated objective is to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations....
2008, ranked 2 out of 155 countries - World Economic ForumWorld Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
: Enabling Trade IndexGlobal Enabling Trade ReportThe Global Enabling Trade Report was first published in 2008 by the World Economic Forum.The 2008 report covers 118 major and emerging economies...
2009: ranked 1 out of 121 economies - World Economic ForumWorld Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
: Global Competitiveness IndexGlobal Competitiveness ReportThe Global Competitiveness Report is a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum. The first report was released in 1979. The 2011–2012 report covers 142 major and emerging economies....
2009–2010, ranked 3 out of 133 countries - World Economic ForumWorld Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness IndexTravel and Tourism Competitiveness ReportThe Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report was first published in 2007 by the World Economic Forum. The 2007 report covered 124 major and emerging economies. The 2008 report covered 130 countries,, the 2009 report expanded to 133 countries, and the 2011 report to 139 countries...
2009, ranked 10 out of 133 countries - World Tourism OrganizationWorld Tourism OrganizationThe World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
: World Tourism rankingsWorld Tourism rankingsThe World Tourism rankings are compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization as part of their World Tourism Barometer publication, which is released three times throughout the year...
, ranked 29 out of all countries - World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
: Ease of Doing Business IndexEase of Doing Business IndexThe Ease of Doing Business Index is an index created by the World Bank. Higher rankings indicate better, usually simpler, regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property rights...
2011, ranked 1 out of 183 economies.
Labour
- Singapore is ranked 7th in the world and 2nd in Asia for having the most motivated workforce.
- Singapore is among the top 5 in Asia for the best skilled labour.
- Singapore's labour regulations are the most business conducive in Asia.
- Singapore immigration laws for foreign talent highly-regarded for being business-centric.
Education
- Singapore was rated as having one of the world’s best performing education systems with an excellent teaching force. The Official Gateway to Singapore
- Times Higher Education placed National University of Singapore (NUS) among the top 100 universities in the world.
Asia.
- Financial Times ranked National University of Singapore‘s Executive MBA 11th Globally.
- Singapore is ranked first internationally for the quality of our educational system.
- In the QS.com Asian University Rankings 2011, National University of Singapore (NUS) is ranked 28th globally while Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is ranked 58th position worldwide.
Energy
- CIACentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
World FactbookThe World FactbookThe World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
: oil consumption 2009, ranked 21 out of 207 countries - CIACentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
World FactbookThe World FactbookThe World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
: oil imports 2007, ranked 8 out of 208 countries
Environment
- CIACentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
World FactbookThe World FactbookThe World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
: water resources (1975 figures), ranked 158 out of 174 countries - New Economics FoundationNew Economics FoundationThe New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
: Happy Planet IndexHappy Planet IndexThe Happy Planet Index is an index of human well-being and environmental impact that was introduced by the New Economics Foundation in July 2006. The index is designed to challenge well-established indices of countries’ development, such as Gross Domestic Product and the Human Development Index...
2009, ranked 49 out of 143 countries - US Department of Energy: CO2 emissions per capita 2004, ranked 23 out of 206 countries
Geography
- CIACentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
World FactbookThe World FactbookThe World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
: Total area ranked 199 out of 256 countries and oceans
Globalization
- KOF (Konjunkturforschungsstelle), ETH ZurichETH ZurichThe Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....
: Index of Globalization 2010, ranked 17 out of 181 countries - A.T. KearneyA.T. KearneyA.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm, focusing on strategic and operational CEO-agenda concerns. It was founded in 1926, and its head office is in Chicago, Illinois...
/Foreign Policy: Globalization IndexGlobalization IndexThis article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their globalization, the global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres....
2006, ranked 1 out of 62 countries
Healthcare
- Singapore is ranked No. 2 in 2010 on World Health Organization’s World Health Statistic’s Infant Mortality Rate.
- Singapore is ranked 3 out of 55 on Health Infrastructure ranking in International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook 2010.
Military
- Center for Strategic and International StudiesCenter for Strategic and International StudiesThe Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University...
: active troops ranked 62 out of 166 countries
Politics and law
- Singapore is ranked 2nd behind Hong Kong for quality of Asian Judicial System.
- In 2010, Singapore was ranked first for "access to civil justice" and "order and security" by the World Justice ProjectWorld Justice Project-Mainstreaming:The World Justice Project holds action-oriented meetings with leaders from a range of fields to mainstream rule of law advancement and make strengthening the rule of law as fundamental to the thinking and work of all professionals as it is to lawyers...
Rule of LawRule of lawThe rule of law, sometimes called supremacy of law, is a legal maxim that says that governmental decisions should be made by applying known principles or laws with minimal discretion in their application...
Index. - Singapore is ranked the country with the least corrupt public sector.
- Freedom in the World 2010: ranked Singapore 5 out of 7 for political freedom, and 4 out of 7 for civil liberties (where 1 is the most free), with an overall ranking of "partly free".
- The World Audit on corruption, democracy and freedom of press: ranked Singapore 1st for corruption (least corruption), 69th for democracy, and 111th for freedom of press.
- The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
: Democracy IndexDemocracy IndexThe Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that claims to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states...
2007, ranked 82 out of 167 countries - Reporters Without BordersReporters Without BordersReporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009: ranked 133 out of 175 countries - Transparency InternationalTransparency InternationalTransparency International is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development. It publishes an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide...
: Corruption Perceptions IndexCorruption Perceptions IndexSince 1995, Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private...
2010, ranked joint 1st with Denmark and New Zealand out of 178 countries
Society
- Caux Round TableCaux Round TableThe Caux Round Table is an international organization of senior business executives aiming to promote ethical business practice. It was founded in 1986 by Frits Philips, president of Philips, and Olivier Giscard d'Estaing, along with Ryuzaburo Kaku, president of Canon...
: Social Achievement Capital 2009, ranked 14 out of 199 countries (ranked 1 in Asia) - World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
: Suicide rate ranked 48 out of 100 countries - World Giving IndexWorld Giving IndexThe World Giving Index was compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup, and ranks 153 countries in the World according to how charitable their populations are. The Charities Aid Foundation claims that WGI is the largest study ever carried out into charitable behaviour...
: ranked 91 out of 153 countries
Technology
- Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked 3 in online government services
Transportation
- Singapore AirlinesSingapore AirlinesSingapore Airlines Limited is the flag carrier airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets...
—- Condé Nast TravelerCondé Nast TravelerCondé Nast Traveler is a US magazine published by Condé Nast. It has its origins in a mailing sent out by the Diners Club club beginning in 1953, listing locations that would take the card. It began taking advertising in 1955. In order to attract more advertisers, it became a full-fledged magazine,...
: 2009 Readers' Choice Awards, top global airline - Official Airline GuideOfficial Airline GuideOAG, formerly Official Airline Guide, is a United Kingdom based business providing aviation information and analytical services sourced from its proprietary airline schedules, flight status, fleet, MRO and cargo logistics databases....
: 2009 Best Airline based in Asia, Best Europe to Asia/Australasia and Best Transpacific Airline - Travel + LeisureTravel + LeisureTravel + Leisure is a travel magazine based in New York City, New York. Published 12 times a year, it has 4.8 million readers, according to its corporate media kit. It is put out by American Express Publishing Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express Company led by...
: World's Best Awards 2009, ranked World's Best International Airline - The Wall Street Journal AsiaThe Wall Street Journal AsiaThe Wall Street Journal Asia, a version of The Wall Street Journal provides news and analysis of global business developments for an Asian audience. It was founded in 1976 and is printed in nine Asian cities: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo....
: Asia 200 Survey 2009, most-admired Singapore company
- Condé Nast Traveler
- Singapore Changi AirportSingapore Changi AirportSingapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....
—- SkytraxSkytraxSkytrax is a United Kingdom-based consultancy, the public face of Inflight Research Services, which has the largest airline and airport review and ranking site. It conducts research for commercial airlines...
: World Airport Awards 2010, ranked first out of 190 airports in the world.
- Skytrax