SGD
Singapore
Singapore's debt per person is $169,268, the highest of 123. And its government debt is 171.30 %, the 2nd highest of 124.
Of 13 fields published for Singapore, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
61 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$4,420 PPP/mo
The average employee in Singapore earns about $4,420 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
63.40 %
100 saved in Singapore in 2000 buys what 63 buys today — 37 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$4,420 PPP/mo
The average employee in Singapore earns about $4,420 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What does borrowing actually cost here?
House price growth
1.90 %
Real house prices in Singapore rose 1.9 % over the past year — beyond general inflation.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
0.90 %
At 0.9 % a year, prices double in about 80 years if it holds.
Average monthly salary
$4,420 PPP/mo
ranked 20th of 92
Where Singapore sits, field by field
Each dot is Singapore’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Debt per person$169,268123 of 123
- Government debt171.30 %123 of 124
- GDP per capita$98,8145 of 127
- Money's value63.40 %12 of 116
- Currency1.51 %10 of 71
- Unemployment rate2.82 %19 of 124
- GDP growth5.03 %22 of 127
- Average monthly salary$4,420 PPP/mo20 of 92
- Corporate tax17.00 %26 of 96
- Price level61 % of US prices91 of 125
- House price growth1.90 %24 of 54
- Inflation rate0.90 %55 of 123
- Public holidays11 days58 of 104
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Bahrain
avg gap 17.4 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 11 days (Singapore) vs 5 days
United States
avg gap 18.5 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 5.03 % (Singapore) vs 2.16 %
Qatar
avg gap 19.3 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 171.30 % (Singapore) vs 41.40 %
France
avg gap 20.1 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 5.03 % (Singapore) vs 0.84 %
| Corporate tax | 17.00 % | ranked 26th of 96 | |
| Price level | 61 % of US prices | ranked 91st of 125 | |
| House price growth | 1.90 % | ranked 24th of 54 | |
| Inflation rate | 0.90 % | ranked 55th of 123 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 |
✓ 13 fields published for Singapore, every one dated and sourced · 22 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Singapore: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, minimum wage (ppp), retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax.
Sources for all 13 figures
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2021
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- House price growth — BIS residential property prices · 2026-Q1
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
What changed
| 8 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.54 → 1.51 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.53 → 1.54 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 165810 → 169268 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 167.799832036767 → 171.3 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.71 → 1.53 |
| 5 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.32 → 1.71 |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.22 → 1.32 |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 0.95 → 1.22 |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 0.92 → 0.95 |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 0.97 → 0.92 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.03 → 0.97 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 0.94 → 1.03 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.42 → 0.94 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.2 → 1.42 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | House price growth (real, y/y) | 2.1235 → 1.8977 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1 → 1.2 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.49 → 1 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.51 → 1.49 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 1.21 → 1.51 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 0.96 → 1.21 |