Australia vs Singapore

Australia vs Singapore: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 5% a year in Singapore, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 3 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Australia.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Singapore: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 5% a year in Singapore, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 3 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Australia.
AustraliaSingaporeIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Singapore has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Australia.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and Singapore ranked 32 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and Singapore at 2.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaSingapore
202525
202415.3
20232.11.5
20224.24
20215.410.1
2020-2-3.6
201921.2
20182.83.2
20172.44.3
20162.73.9
20152.33
20142.63.9
20132.24.8
20123.94.4
20112.86.2
20102.414.5
200920.1
20082.71.9
20074.49
20062.69
200537.4
20044.19.9
200334.5
20024.13.9
20012.6-1.1
20003.19
19994.45.7
19984.7-2.2
19974.78.3
199647.5
199537.2
19944.911.1
19933.911.5
19922.66.6
1991-16.7
19901.59.8
19894.610.2
19884.311.3
19874.910.8
19862.41.3
19855.5-0.6
19846.38.8
1983-0.58.6
19820.17.1
19814.110.8
19802.910.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaSingapore
20261.95
20271.63
20281.82.5
202922.5
20302.12.5
20312.22.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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