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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	239 808	307 999	372 074^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	14.5	3	0.7^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	46 735.5	55 076.9	64 102.7^c
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^c
Economy: Industry^f (% of Gross Value Added)	28.2	25.8	25.8^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g (% of GVA)	71.8	74.2	74.2^c
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	0.9	0.8	0.7^d
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	21.6	17.3	15.2^d
Employment in services^h (% employed)	77.5	81.9	84.1^d
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	4.1	3.8	4.4^d
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	58.1 / 78.6	62.6 / 79.4	61.8 / 78.2^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	113	114^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	75	99	112^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	353 240	357 941	362 928^h,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	313 071	308 122	329 032^h,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	40 169	49 820	33 895^h,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	54 996	57 574	59 786^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	3.7	1.7	0.9^d
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100	100^c
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	2.4	1.7	...
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	1.3	1.2	1.2^d
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	83.7 / 78.7	84.5 / 80.1	85.5 / 81.2^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.0 / 12.7	12.6 / 15.7	12.4 / 21.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	2 164.8 / 42.2	2 483.4 / 44.4	2 523.6 / 43.1^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^j	~0.0	1.3^d
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	2.2	2.1	1.6^d
Health: Current expenditure^k,l (% of GDP)	3.2	4.2	4.5^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.7	2ⁿ	2.3^o
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.1	2.9^p	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	... / ...	100.2 / 100.3^h,m
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	... / ...	105.3 / 106.3^h,m
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	... / ...	110.4 / 111.7^h,m
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.4	0.3	0.2^m
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	23.4	25.3	29.5^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	71^h,r	79	88.9^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.9	2.2	1.9^s
Threatened species (number)	277	287	350
Forested area^h (% of land area)	25.3	23.2	22.5^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	42.4 / 8.4	45.5 / 8.2	47.4 / 8.4^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	25	28	26^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	210	221	186^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	9 161	12 052	15 119^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	21.1	21.1	21.1^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		The land area of Singapore comprises the mainland and other islands.
c		2019
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes mining and quarrying.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 April.
l		Medisave is classified as Social insurance scheme, considering that it is a compulsory payment.
m		2018
n		2014
o		2016
p		2013
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		Population aged 7 years and over.
s		2017
t		Excluding Malaysian citizens arriving by land.