Italy vs Singapore
Italy vs Singapore: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.5 years in Italy and 12.8 years in Singapore, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Singapore, by 2.4 years, or 1.23 times that in Italy.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Italy | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.5 | 12.8 |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 12.9 |
| 2017 | 11.2 | 12.9 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | 12.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- 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