Singapore, year by year

Every index this site holds for Singapore, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.819 in 1990 to 0.946 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 83.3 years2024at birthUp 3.4 years from 80 years in 2005
Internet users: 94%2024of people onlineUp 35 points from 59% in 2006
Urban population: 100%2025of people in towns and citiesLevel with 2006
Births per woman: 0.972024births per womanDown 0.29 from 1.26 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 1%2021of energy usedUp 1 point from 1% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 22024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsLevel with 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 9.8 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 21%2023of land under forestDown 4 points from 25% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.819	75.3	—	—	1.83	0.2	100	6	10.4	22.1	—	—
1991	0.826	75.7	0.2	100.0	1.73	0.5	100	6	10.7	22.5	—	—
1992	0.833	76.0	0.5	100.0	1.72	0.5	100	5	10.6	22.8	—	—
1993	0.840	76.0	0.8	100.0	1.74	0.5	100	5	11.9	23.1	—	—
1994	0.848	76.2	1.2	100.0	1.71	0.5	100	4	12.2	23.4	—	—
1995	0.854	76.3	2.9	100.0	1.67	0.4	100	4	11.7	23.8	—	—
1996	0.859	76.6	8.3	100.0	1.66	0.5	100	4	11.6	24.1	—	—
1997	0.866	76.9	13.5	100.0	1.61	0.4	100	4	11.1	24.4	—	—
1998	0.869	77.3	19.6	100.0	1.48	0.4	100	3	10.5	24.7	—	—
1999	0.875	77.5	24.2	100.0	1.47	0.4	100	3	10.5	25.1	—	—
2000	0.882	78.0	36.0	100.0	1.60	0.3	100	3	11.3	25.4	—	—
2001	0.885	78.3	41.7	100.0	1.41	0.6	100	3	11.1	25.5	—	—
2002	0.891	78.5	47.0	100.0	1.37	0.6	100	3	10.8	25.4	—	—
2003	0.897	79.0	53.8	100.0	1.27	0.6	100	3	10.3	25.1	—	—
2004	0.905	79.5	62.0	100.0	1.26	0.5	100	2	10.7	25.1	—	—
2005	0.911	80.0	61.0	100.0	1.26	0.5	100	2	9.8	25.2	—	—
2006	0.911	80.1	59.0	100.0	1.28	0.5	100	2	9.5	25.1	33768	64061
2007	0.914	80.4	69.9	100.0	1.29	0.5	100	2	9.4	25.2	39433	68805
2008	0.924	80.8	69.0	100.0	1.28	0.5	100	2	8.9	25.1	40009	67735
2009	0.928	81.2	69.0	100.0	1.22	0.5	100	2	8.8	25.2	38927	66213
2010	0.932	81.5	71.0	100.0	1.15	0.5	100	2	9.6	25.3	47237	75401
2011	0.933	81.7	71.0	100.0	1.20	0.5	100	2	9.9	24.8	53891	80052
2012	0.933	82.0	72.0	100.0	1.29	0.5	100	2	9.4	24.4	55548	82108
2013	0.934	82.3	80.9	100.0	1.19	0.6	100	2	9.8	24.0	56967	83088
2014	0.934	82.5	79.0	100.0	1.25	0.6	100	2	9.8	23.6	57565	84555
2015	0.935	82.7	79.0	100.0	1.24	0.7	100	2	10.0	23.2	55646	87156
2016	0.934	82.8	84.5	100.0	1.20	0.7	100	2	9.4	23.0	57204	90215
2017	0.935	83.1	84.5	100.0	1.16	0.7	100	2	10.1	22.6	61436	96057
2018	0.939	83.3	88.2	100.0	1.14	0.8	100	2	9.6	22.3	67033	104198
2019	0.942	83.6	89.0	100.0	1.14	0.9	100	2	9.8	22.0	66069	105522
2020	0.944	83.5	92.0	100.0	1.10	0.9	100	2	9.5	21.7	61773	102117
2021	0.948	83.1	96.9	100.0	1.12	1.1	100	2	10.2	21.4	80885	133990
2022	0.942	82.9	96.0	100.0	1.04	—	100	2	10.0	21.2	91228	144418
2023	0.946	83.1	94.3	100.0	0.97	—	100	2	9.5	20.9	86383	144728
2024	—	83.3	94.4	100.0	0.97	—	100	2	9.8	—	94897	153161
2025	—	—	—	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	98814	163354
On the profile	0.946	83.3	94.4	100.0	0.97	1.1	—	—	9.8	20.9	98814	163354

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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