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Singapore vs Spain
How Singapore and Spain compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Singapore was higher: 83.7 years against 83.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Singapore was higher: $70,680 against $29,760
- Population · In 2023, Spain was higher: 47.9 million people against 5.79 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Singapore was higher: 3.05% of GDP against 2.13% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Singapore was higher: 9.75 tonnes against 4.51 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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