Rankings ยท Singapore
Each ranking lists every office-holder by how one indicator moved from their first day in office, next to Singapore or the district over the same months. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Sep 2026. The worldwide rankings set them against every other country's.
Prime ministers
- Real GDP during each prime minister's tenureSingStat Table Builder (M015662), GDP in chained 2015 dollars, seasonally adjusted, quarterly
- Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenureSingStat Table Builder (M015891), per capita GDP in chained 2015 dollars over the total population (citizens, permanent residents and non-residents), yearly
- Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenureMinistry of Manpower via SingStat Table Builder (M182342), total unemployment rate (residents and work-pass holders), seasonally adjusted, end of quarter
- People employed during each prime minister's tenureMinistry of Manpower via SingStat Table Builder: employment at each year end (M183111) plus the change in employment each quarter (M183891), residents and work-pass holders, not seasonally adjusted
- Real median pay during each prime minister's tenureMinistry of Manpower's Comprehensive Labour Force Survey via SingStat Table Builder (M182981), median gross monthly income from work of full-time employed residents including the employer's CPF contribution, June, adjusted for inflation with the CPI
- Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureSingStat Table Builder (M213781), consumer price index, all items, change on the same month a year earlier
- Public flat prices during each prime minister's tenureHousing and Development Board via SingStat Table Builder (M212161), HDB resale price index, public flats resold on the open market, not adjusted for inflation
- Private home prices during each prime minister's tenureUrban Redevelopment Authority via SingStat Table Builder (M212261), private residential property price index, landed and non-landed, not adjusted for inflation
- Private rents during each prime minister's tenureUrban Redevelopment Authority via SingStat Table Builder (M212311), rental index of private residential properties, not adjusted for inflation
- Population during each prime minister's tenureSingStat Table Builder (M810001), total population at end June: citizens, permanent residents and non-residents
- Crimes against persons during each prime minister's tenureSingapore Police Force via SingStat Table Builder (M891481), crimes against persons recorded (murder, rape, hurt, outrage of modesty and others) per 100,000 population, yearly from 2022
- Happiness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Happiness Report, Figure 2.1 data (Gallup World Poll): life evaluation, the national average answer to Gallup's question of where on a ladder from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best) people stand today; each point the average of three years of surveys, dated at the middle one, with the WHR's 95 % interval from 2019; 2013 is not published
- Government effectiveness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_GE.SC): perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service and of policy-making, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Regulatory quality during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Rule of law during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Control of corruption during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_CC.SC): perceptions of public power used for private gain, petty and grand, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Corruption perceptions index during each prime minister's tenureTransparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI score): perceived public-sector corruption as business people and country experts rate it, comparable from 2012, the score as TI publishes it with its confidence interval
- Voice and accountability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_VA.SC): perceptions of how far citizens can take part in choosing their government, and of freedom of expression, association and the media, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Electoral democracy index during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_polyarchy): the electoral democracy index, free and fair elections with wide suffrage and the freedoms of association and expression that make them count, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Liberal democracy index during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_libdem): the liberal democracy index, electoral democracy plus the checks on the executive and the rights of the person, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Freedom of expression during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_freexp_altinf): the freedom of expression and alternative sources of information index, the press, academic and private speech and the media's independence, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Political stability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
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