East Asia & Pacific · High income
Singapore: the economy in numbers
Per person: $98,814, or $163,354 at purchasing power parity. Population: 6.11 million (2025).
$604B+5.0%real GDP growth, 2025
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #27 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +5.0%.
GDP per capita
$98,814
2025 · #8 of 204
GDP per capita, PPP
$163,354
2025 · #1 of 197
Inflation
0.9%
2025 · IMF forecast 2026: 2.3%
Government debt
165.8%
2024 · % of GDP, general government
Population
6.11M
2025 · #113 of 217
Unemployment
2.8%
2025 · ILO estimate
Stock market capitalization
136.5%
2025 · % of GDP · $824B
Life expectancy
83.3 years
2024
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $7.68 billion in 1960, $604 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $4,664 per person in 1960, $98,814 in 2025.
GDP per capitaGDP per capita, PPP (international $)
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 3.4% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 5 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 57.7% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 22.4% in 1974.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1990: 170.4% of GDP in 2023. IMF forecast for 2031: 169.2%.
General government (IMF)Central government only (World Bank)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $824 billion, or 136.5% of GDP.
Population
1960: 1.65 million · 2025: 6.11 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 2.2% · 2025: 2.8%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 65.6 years · 2024: 83.3 years.
Exports of goods and services
1960: 162.8% · 2025: 177.9%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 169.2%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 169.0%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 168.5%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 2.5%f | 2.0%f | 167.9%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 3.0%f | 2.2%f | 167.1%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 5.0%f | 2.3%f | 166.4%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $604B | $98,814 | $163,354 | 5.0% | 0.9% | 165.7%e | 6.11M | 2.8% | 136.5% | 177.9% | |
| 2024 | $573B | $94,897 | $153,161 | 5.3% | 2.4% | 165.8% | 6.04M | 2.7% | 111.3% | 83.3 | 174.7% |
| 2023 | $511B | $86,383 | $144,728 | 1.5% | 4.8% | 170.4% | 5.92M | 3.4% | 119.0% | 83.1 | 180.4% |
| 2022 | $514B | $91,228 | $144,418 | 4.0% | 6.1% | 153.3% | 5.64M | 3.6% | 120.4% | 82.9 | 185.0% |
| 2021 | $441B | $80,885 | $133,990 | 10.1% | 2.3% | 139.9% | 5.45M | 4.6% | 150.4% | 83.1 | 181.2% |
| 2020 | $351B | $61,773 | $102,117 | −3.6% | −0.2% | 147.1% | 5.69M | 4.1% | 185.8% | 83.5 | 181.2% |
| 2019 | $377B | $66,069 | $105,522 | 1.2% | 0.6% | 127.7% | 5.7M | 3.1% | 185.0% | 83.6 | 176.8% |
| 2018 | $378B | $67,033 | $104,198 | 3.2% | 0.4% | 109.2% | 5.64M | 3.6% | 181.8% | 83.3 | 177.7% |
| 2017 | $345B | $61,436 | $96,057 | 4.3% | 0.6% | 107.3% | 5.61M | 4.2% | 228.3% | 83.1 | 171.0% |
| 2016 | $321B | $57,204 | $90,215 | 3.9% | −0.5% | 105.9% | 5.61M | 4.1% | 199.7% | 82.8 | 163.8% |
| 2015 | $308B | $55,646 | $87,156 | 3.0% | −0.5% | 102.1% | 5.54M | 3.8% | 207.8% | 82.7 | 178.4% |
| 2014 | $315B | $57,565 | $84,555 | 3.9% | 1.0% | 97.7% | 5.47M | 3.7% | 239.1% | 82.5 | 192.0% |
| 2013 | $308B | $56,967 | $83,088 | 4.8% | 2.4% | 98.2% | 5.4M | 3.9% | 242.0% | 82.2 | 195.1% |
| 2012 | $295B | $55,548 | $82,108 | 4.4% | 4.6% | 106.7% | 5.31M | 3.7% | 259.3% | 82.0 | 196.7% |
| 2011 | $279B | $53,891 | $80,052 | 6.2% | 5.3% | 103.1% | 5.18M | 3.9% | 214.2% | 81.7 | 203.3% |
| 2010 | $240B | $47,237 | $75,401 | 14.5% | 2.8% | 98.7% | 5.08M | 4.1% | 269.9% | 81.5 | 198.0% |
| 2009 | $194B | $38,927 | $66,213 | 0.1% | 0.6% | 101.7% | 4.99M | 5.9% | 247.9% | 81.2 | 190.8% |
| 2008 | $194B | $40,009 | $67,735 | 1.9% | 6.6% | 97.9% | 4.84M | 4.0% | 136.9% | 80.8 | 229.0% |
| 2007 | $181B | $39,433 | $68,805 | 9.0% | 2.1% | 87.8% | 4.59M | 3.9% | 298.0% | 80.4 | 212.8% |
| 2006 | $149B | $33,768 | $64,061 | 9.0% | 1.0% | 86.5% | 4.4M | 4.5% | 258.6% | 80.1 | 228.0% |
| 2005 | $128B | $29,961 | $58,822 | 7.4% | 0.4% | 92.7% | 4.27M | 5.6% | 201.3% | 80.0 | 225.2% |
| 2004 | $115B | $27,608 | $54,384 | 9.9% | 1.7% | 95.7% | 4.17M | 5.8% | 189.1% | 79.5 | 214.0% |
| 2003 | $97.6B | $23,730 | $48,778 | 4.5% | 0.5% | 99.1% | 4.11M | 5.9% | 152.1% | 79.0 | 202.6% |
| 2002 | $92.5B | $22,160 | $45,083 | 3.9% | −0.4% | 96.3% | 4.18M | 5.7% | 109.7% | 78.6 | 184.1% |
| 2001 | $89.8B | $21,700 | $43,109 | −1.1% | 1.0% | 94.5% | 4.14M | 3.8% | 128.8% | 78.3 | 182.9% |
| 2000 | $96.1B | $23,853 | $43,781 | 9.0% | 1.4% | 82.3% | 4.03M | 3.7% | 159.1% | 78.0 | 188.4% |
| 1999 | $86.3B | $21,797 | $39,949 | 5.7% | 0.0% | 85.3% | 3.96M | 4.8% | 223.7% | 77.6 | 176.7% |
| 1998 | $85.7B | $21,829 | $37,560 | −2.2% | −0.3% | 84.6% | 3.93M | 3.4% | 110.8% | 77.3 | 166.8% |
| 1997 | $100B | $26,376 | $39,286 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 70.8% | 3.8M | 2.5% | 104.3% | 76.9 | 169.3% |
| 1996 | $96.3B | $26,233 | $36,873 | 7.5% | 1.4% | 71.3% | 3.67M | 3.6% | 155.8% | 76.6 | 175.6% |
| 1995 | $87.8B | $24,915 | $35,090 | 7.2% | 1.7% | 69.8% | 3.52M | 3.3% | 168.5% | 76.3 | 181.1% |
| 1994 | $73.7B | $21,552 | $33,058 | 11.1% | 3.1% | 70.7% | 3.42M | 3.0% | 182.0% | 76.2 | 166.2% |
| 1993 | $60.6B | $18,290 | $30,062 | 11.5% | 2.3% | 71.2% | 3.31M | 3.1% | 218.9% | 76.0 | 161.7% |
| 1992 | $52.1B | $16,136 | $27,022 | 6.6% | 2.3% | 79.0% | 3.23M | 3.1% | 93.9% | 75.9 | 161.7% |
| 1991 | $45.5B | $14,502 | $25,530 | 6.7% | 3.4% | 76.4% | 3.14M | 2.2% | 104.7% | 75.6 | 168.5% |
| 1990 | $36.1B | $11,862 | $23,815 | 9.8% | 3.5% | 73.5% | 3.05M | 94.8% | 75.3 | 177.2% | |
| 1989 | $30.5B | $10,395 | 10.2% | 2.3% | 2.93M | 117.9% | 74.9 | 179.3% | |||
| 1988 | $25.4B | $8,914 | 11.3% | 1.5% | 2.85M | 94.6% | 74.7 | 184.7% | |||
| 1987 | $20.9B | $7,539 | 10.8% | 0.5% | 2.77M | 85.5% | 74.5 | 164.0% | |||
| 1986 | $18.6B | $6,800 | 1.3% | −1.4% | 2.73M | 89.4% | 74.2 | 148.7% | |||
| 1985 | $19.2B | $7,002 | −0.6% | 0.5% | 2.74M | 57.8% | 73.9 | 152.2% | |||
| 1984 | $19.7B | $7,228 | 8.8% | 2.6% | 2.73M | 62.0% | 73.3 | 156.5% | |||
| 1983 | $17.8B | $6,633 | 8.6% | 1.2% | 2.68M | 87.3% | 73.0 | 166.9% | |||
| 1982 | $16.1B | $6,078 | 7.1% | 3.9% | 2.65M | 72.9% | 72.7 | 185.4% | |||
| 1981 | $14.2B | $5,597 | 10.8% | 8.2% | 2.53M | 245.6% | 72.6 | 198.2% | |||
| 1980 | $11.9B | $4,928 | 10.1% | 8.5% | 2.41M | 205.3% | 72.2 | 202.0% | |||
| 1979 | $9.3B | $3,901 | 9.6% | 4.1% | 2.38M | 146.4% | 71.5 | 184.7% | |||
| 1978 | $7.52B | $3,194 | 7.8% | 4.9% | 2.35M | 71.3 | 165.4% | ||||
| 1977 | $6.62B | $2,846 | 6.9% | 3.2% | 2.33M | 71.0 | 162.8% | ||||
| 1976 | $6.33B | $2,759 | 7.4% | −1.8% | 2.29M | 70.7 | 149.5% | ||||
| 1975 | $5.63B | $2,490 | 4.0% | 2.5% | 2.26M | 70.4 | 137.1% | ||||
| 1974 | $5.22B | $2,342 | 6.1% | 22.4% | 2.23M | 69.9 | 149.5% | ||||
| 1973 | $3.7B | $1,685 | 10.6% | 19.6% | 2.19M | 69.5 | 118.3% | ||||
| 1972 | $2.72B | $1,264 | 13.3% | 2.1% | 2.15M | 69.2 | 106.7% | ||||
| 1971 | $2.26B | $1,071 | 12.4% | 1.8% | 2.11M | 69.0 | 119.5% | ||||
| 1970 | $1.92B | $926 | 13.9% | 0.5% | 2.07M | 68.7 | 126.0% | ||||
| 1969 | $1.66B | $813 | 13.8% | −0.3% | 2.04M | 68.3 | 132.1% | ||||
| 1968 | $1.43B | $709 | 13.5% | 0.7% | 2.01M | 68.0 | 125.7% | ||||
| 1967 | $1.24B | $626 | 12.5% | 3.3% | 1.98M | 67.7 | 114.3% | ||||
| 1966 | $1.1B | $567 | 10.2% | 2.0% | 1.93M | 67.5 | 123.3% | ||||
| 1965 | $975M | $517 | 7.8% | 0.2% | 1.89M | 67.2 | 123.2% | ||||
| 1964 | $894M | $486 | −3.1% | 1.7% | 1.84M | 67.0 | 122.1% | ||||
| 1963 | $918M | $511 | 10.0% | 2.2% | 1.79M | 66.8 | 141.2% | ||||
| 1962 | $826M | $472 | 7.6% | 0.4% | 1.75M | 66.4 | 138.1% | ||||
| 1961 | $765M | $449 | 8.1% | 0.4% | 1.7M | 66.0 | 142.4% | ||||
| 1960 | $705M | $428 | 1.65M | 65.6 | 162.8% |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
- Fiscal year: the IMF reports this economy by fiscal year (latest actual: FY2024/25), so IMF numbers can differ from calendar-year World Bank figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)