Japan vs Singapore
Japan vs Singapore: Safe drinking water
Safe drinking water in 2022: 98.7% in Japan and 100% in Singapore, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Singapore, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Japan.
% 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 | Japan | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 98.7 | 100 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 98.7 | 100 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 98.6 | 100 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 98.6 | 100 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 98.5 | 100 | 71 |
| 2017 | 98.5 | 100 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 98.4 | 100 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 98.4 | 100 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 98.3 | 100 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 98.3 | 100 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 98.2 | 100 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 98.2 | 100 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 98.1 | 100 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 98.1 | 100 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 98 | 100 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 98 | 100 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 98 | 100 | 64 |
| 2005 | 97.9 | 100 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 97.9 | 100 | 63 |
| 2003 | 97.9 | 100 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 97.9 | 100 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 97.9 | 100 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 97.9 | 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
Japan vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025