Singapore
Republic of Singapore
- Capital
- Singapore
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population, 2025
- 6.1 million
- Currency
- SGD
- Area
- 710 km²
Across Singapore's 1 priced cities, one person needs about $4,021 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $4,206.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
63out of 100
- Purchasing power25%63
- Safety20%78
- Health care15%72
- Climate10%58
- Air quality10%47
- Connectivity10%99
- Cost10%2
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #52
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
67.2
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
67.8
New York = 100
Purchasing power
119.5
New York = 100
One person
$4,021
A month, rent included
Net salary
$4,206
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$3,013
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$98,814
2025
Growth
+5.0%
2025
Unemployment
2.8%
2025
Inflation
0.9%
2025
Life expectancy
83.3 years
2024
Internet users
94%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 24%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 17%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 9%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employee
- 20%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 17%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 77.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 22.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.1
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #1 worldwide
- 463
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #16 worldwide
- 164
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +17%
Cities in Singapore
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Bedok New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 277K | Low confidence |
| 2Ulu Bedok | 62 | — | — | — | — | 277K | Low confidence |
| 3Sengkang New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 267.6K | Low confidence |
| 4Tampines Estate | 62 | — | — | — | — | 265.3K | Low confidence |
| 5Tampines New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 259.9K | Low confidence |
| 6Hougang New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 227.6K | Low confidence |
| 7Ang Mo Kio New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 159.3K | Low confidence |
| 8Bukit Merah Estate | 62 | — | — | — | — | 151.3K | Low confidence |
| 9Kampong Pasir Ris | 62 | — | — | — | — | 144.3K | Low confidence |
| 10Kembangan | 62 | — | — | — | — | 130.3K | Low confidence |
| 11Toa Payoh New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 120.7K | Low confidence |
| 12Serangoon | 62 | — | — | — | — | 116.9K | Low confidence |
| 13Serangoon New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 116.9K | Low confidence |
| 14Geylang | 62 | — | — | — | — | 110.2K | Low confidence |
| 15Queenstown Estate | 62 | — | — | — | — | 101.5K | Low confidence |
| 16Kallang | 62 | — | — | — | — | 101.3K | Low confidence |
| 17Jurong Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 262.7K | Low confidence |
| 18Jurong West | 62 | — | — | — | — | 253.8K | Low confidence |
| 19Yishun New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 228.7K | Low confidence |
| 20Punggol | 62 | — | — | — | — | 204.2K | Low confidence |
| 21Choa Chu Kang New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 187.6K | Low confidence |
| 22Bukit Batok New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 158K | Low confidence |
| 23Bukit Panjang New Town | 62 | — | — | — | — | 138.1K | Low confidence |
| 24Sembawang Estate | 62 | — | — | — | — | 110.1K | Low confidence |
| 25Singapore | 60 | 67.2 | $3,013 | $4,206 | 119.5 | 5.6M | High confidence, 281 contributors |
| 26Woodlands | 59 | — | — | — | — | 254.4K | Low confidence |