Italy vs Singapore
Italy vs Singapore: Safe drinking water
Safe drinking water in 2022: 92.7% in Italy and 100% in Singapore, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Singapore, by 7.3 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Italy.
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Italy | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92.7 | 100 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 92.7 | 100 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 93 | 100 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 93.2 | 100 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 93.5 | 100 | 71 |
| 2017 | 93.7 | 100 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 94 | 100 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 94.3 | 100 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 94.5 | 100 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 94.7 | 100 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 95 | 100 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 95.2 | 100 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 95.4 | 100 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 95.7 | 100 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 95.9 | 100 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 96.1 | 100 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 96.1 | 100 | 64 |
| 2005 | 95.9 | 100 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 95.6 | 100 | 63 |
| 2003 | 95.4 | 100 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 95.2 | 100 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 95 | 100 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 94.8 | 100 | 60.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025