If you lived in Singapore instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

be 86.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Singapore, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 9.7 years longer

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Singapore, that number is 86 years (84 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2022.

be 74.3% less likely to be obese

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 23.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Singapore, that number is 6.1% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 7.4 times more money

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $14,600 as of 2022, while in Singapore, the GDP per capita is $108,000 as of 2022.

be 81.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 19.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Singapore, that number is 3.6% as of 2022.

Life

be 88.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 62.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Singapore, 7.0 women do as of 2020.

be 88.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 12.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Singapore, on the other hand, 1.6 children do as of 2022.

have 26.1% fewer children

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are approximately 11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Singapore, there are 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 50.9% less on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Singapore spends 2.8% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 27.1% more on healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Singapore, that number is 6.1% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.3 times more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Singapore, that number is 193 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Singapore: At a glance

Singapore is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 709 sq km. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Singapore subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe.
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