Performance Overview
SINGAPORE ranks just behind the leader in the NRI 2019. In fact, its overall score is only marginally lower than that of Sweden, and both countries can, for all intents and purposes, be regarded as equally ready for a global network economy in constant flux. Singapore is a top 10 country in all four pillars and is in the top position when it comes to the Impact pillar, where it does particularly well in terms of the impact of its readiness on the Economy (1st). The city-state is also successful in the pillar related to Governance (6th), benefiting from high levels of Regulation
(5th) and Inclusion (2nd). Being on the forefront of Future Technologies (4th) contributes to a strong performance in the Technology (6th) pillar. Singapore does less well when it comes to the People (9th) pillar, where more could be done to boost ICT usage of Businesses (16th).

1. Mobile tariffs | 93.63 | 7 |
2. Handset prices | 64.61 | 27 |
3. Households with internet acccess | 97.73 | 6 |
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 100.00 | 1 |
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 95.90 | 15 |
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 86.40 | 3 |
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
1. GitHub commits | 56.62 | 17 |
2. Wikipedia edits | 77.66 | 29 |
3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
4. Mobile apps development | 100.00 | 1 |
1. Availability of latest technologies | 88.54 | 8 |
2. Company investment in emerging technology | 78.60 | 13 |
3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 79.45 | 6 |
4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 25.50 | 42 |
5. Robot density | 100.00 | 1 |
1. Medium and high-tech industry | 100.00 | 1 |
2. High-tech exports | 98.01 | 5 |
3. PCT patent applications | 42.87 | 12 |
4. Labour productivity per employee | 97.14 | 3 |
5. Prevalence of gig economy | 85.52 | 9 |
1. Happiness | 72.44 | 33 |
2. Freedom to make life choices | 95.71 | 9 |
3. Income inequality | n/a | n/a |
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 100.00 | 1 |
1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 95.08 | 6 |
2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 91.59 | 2 |
3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 81.37 | 34 |
4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 93.14 | 8 |
5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 90.95 | 17 |
1. Internet users | 88.16 | 22 |
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 57.60 | 6 |
3. Use of virtual social networks | 79.38 | 10 |
5. Tertiary enrolment | 61.84 | 13 |
5. Adult literacy rate | 96.61 | 35 |
6. ICT skills | 92.69 | 5 |
1. Firms with website | n/a | n/a |
2. Ease of doing business | 99.00 | 2 |
3. Professionals | 49.44 | 21 |
4. Technicians and associate professionals | 94.76 | 3 |
5. Business use of digital tools | 83.57 | 19 |
6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 33.34 | 16 |
1. Government online services | 96.36 | 5 |
2. Publication and use of open data | 52.69 | 23 |
3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 100.00 | 1 |
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 79.62 | 9 |
1. Secure Internet servers | 93.48 | 4 |
2. Cybersecurity | 96.42 | 6 |
3. Online access to financial account | 56.92 | 27 |
4. Internet shopping | 61.58 | 22 |
1. Regulatory quality | 98.36 | 2 |
2. ICT regulatory environment | 93.25 | 26 |
3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 86.76 | 4 |
4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
5. Privacy protection by law content | 43.30 | 61 |
1. E-Participation | 97.53 | 6 |
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 90.74 | 25 |
3. Availability of local online content | 91.63 | 9 |
4. Gender gap in internet use | 64.36 | 33 |
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 98.86 | 2 |