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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Singapore: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Singapore is placed 1st of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 625.94 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 1.2 (2024).
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1st
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Singapore on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
625.94
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 3rd of 177 by UNCTAD
Singapore: 625.94. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 625.94 Singapore
1.2
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Singapore: 1.2. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 1.1 Brunei
4.3
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 1st of 139 by World Bank Group
Singapore: 4.3. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 4.3 Singapore
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
34.65
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Singapore: 34.65. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 43.57 Philippines
02Over time
Which way Singapore is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
SingaporeWorld median
Singapore rose from 543.1 in 2006 to 617.63 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Singapore World median 2026 617.63 56.21 2025 625.94 60.84 2024 580.40 55.22 2023 600.07 54.78 2022 581.68 51.49 2021 563.99 52.64 2020 588.19 47.86 2019 558.45 51.05 2018 592.01 52.03 2017 581.74 49.87 2016 531.91 48.09 2015 559.17 49.13 2014 546.38 48.08 2013 567.27 51.32 2012 561.77 47.44 2011 583.27 50.26 2010 578.83 50.51 2009 551.31 53.04 2008 570.35 51.68 2007 564.31 55.78 2006 543.10 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
SingaporeWorld median
Singapore rose from 4.19 in 2007 to 4.3 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Singapore World median 2023 4.300 2.900 2018 3.996 2.706 2016 4.144 2.734 2014 4.004 2.753 2012 4.126 2.773 2010 4.090 2.746 2007 4.190 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
SingaporeWorld median
Singapore fell from 54.39 in 2000 to 34.65 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Singapore World median 2024 34.65 0.975000 2023 31.74 0.690000 2022 32.68 0.565000 2021 34.15 0.550000 2020 33.14 0.680000 2019 28.86 0.625000 2018 29.12 0.480000 2017 31.31 0.630000 2016 31.87 0.865000 2015 31.60 0.790000 2014 28.96 0.760000 2013 28.76 0.645000 2012 27.46 0.630000 2011 27.73 0.535000 2010 33.56 0.560000 2009 32.97 0.780000 2008 33.65 0.595000 2007 33.73 0.660000 2006 14.03 0.445000 2005 15.40 0.570000 2004 47.30 0.535000 2003 47.14 0.530000 2002 50.70 0.510000 2001 51.63 0.490000 2000 54.39 0.430000
03In context
Singapore beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Singapore and South-eastern Asia
Singapore has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 1st | 625.94 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 34.65 |
 Malaysiacompare | 6th | 523.33 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 35.21 |
 Thailand | 10th | 271.29 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 16.86 |
 Vietnam | 29th | 463.83 | 3.6 | 3.3 | — |
 Indonesia | =30th | 246.8 | 2 | 3 | 2.66 |
 Philippines | =42nd | 186.2 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 43.57 |
 Cambodia | =91st | 60.22 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.46 |
 Brunei | 96th | 23.13 | 1.1 | — | 0.06 |
 Timor-Leste | 111th | 12.23 | 3.1 | — | — |
 Myanmar | =136th | 37.01 | 10.2 | — | 0.97 |
 Laos | not placed | — | — | 2.4 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Singapore in the topic’s list.
- Singapore1st
Macau2nd
Hong Kong3rd
Netherlands4th
04Context, no vote
Where Singapore is ahead of the world, and behind
25 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which Singapore does better than the middle country measured.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4257.4125.42No real change since 2014
Singapore: 57.41 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 23rd of 170 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.1810.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Singapore: 0.181 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 73rd of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4564.1264.456No earlier reading
Singapore: 4.126 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 96th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.0650.079No real change since 2018
Singapore: 0.065 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 55th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Singapore does worse than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4747.2397.474No real change since 2014
Singapore: 7.239 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 65th of 118 · derived.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.20.9221.2▲ Improved since 2015
Singapore: 0.922 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 102nd of 176 · derived.
No better end19
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.34177.8536.34No real change since 2015
Singapore: 177.85 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 3rd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.72142.4541.72No real change since 2015
Singapore: 142.45 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 3rd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68320.3179.68No real change since 2015
Singapore: 320.31 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 3rd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73182,417275.73No real change since 2016
Singapore: 182,417 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78841,124,1001,827,788No real change since 2014
Singapore: 41,124,100 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 3rd of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60273.29.602No real change since 2015
Singapore: 73.2 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4146.1227.41Moved since 2012
Singapore: 46.12 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08948.726.089No real change since 2015
Singapore: 48.72 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.171226.171Moved since 2014
Singapore: 22 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3232,841,665223,323No real change since 2015
Singapore: 2,841,665 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1334.663-0.133Moved since 2013
Singapore: 4.663 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2352.4831.235Moved since 2014
Singapore: 2.483 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451269,613444,451No real change since 2015
Singapore: 269,613 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.2710.306Moved since 2015
Singapore: 0.271 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2392.46103.23Moved since 2015
Singapore: 92.46 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1724.6567.17Moved since 2014
Singapore: 24.65 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836No real change since 2018
Singapore: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269012,269No real change since 2018
Singapore: 0 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6603.66No real change since 2012
Singapore: 0 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
No current reading for Singapore
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Cost of Sending Remittances, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2012) and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2012). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Singapore’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Singapore’s best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade1st of 1774/4 keys
- Digital & Technology3rd of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture8th of 1842/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital12th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions12th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience13th of 1934/4 keys
- Work & Labour17th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 24th of 1764/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing28th of 2003/4 keys
- Peace & Security33rd of 1774/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge71st of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties87th of 1984/4 keys
- Energy91st of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 106th of 1834/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability112th of 1863/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Singapore can most readily be measured against.
- 1Singapore
South-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Singapore and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Singapore on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Singapore rank on mobility & trade?
Singapore is placed 1st of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Singapore?
625.94 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Singapore?
1.2 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How have Singapore’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 543.1 in 2006 to 617.63 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 4.19 in 2007 to 4.3 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 54.39 in 2000 to 34.65 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Singapore?
No current reading is published for Singapore on Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Cost of Sending Remittances, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 25 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Singapore’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Singapore (banner) — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Singapore: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/singapore/mobility