Singapore vs Sweden
Singapore vs Sweden: Internet users
Internet users: 94.4% in Singapore in 2024 and 95.8% in Sweden in 2025, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Singapore.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
- In 2024, Singapore ranked 31 and Sweden ranked 25 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Singapore | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 95.8 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 94.4 | 95.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 94.3 | 95.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 96 | 95 | 67 |
| 2021 | 96.9 | 94.7 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 92 | 94.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 89 | 94.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 88.2 | 89.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 84.5 | 93 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 84.5 | 89.7 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 79 | 90.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 79 | 92.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 80.9 | 94.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 72 | 93.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 71 | 92.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 71 | 90 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 69 | 91 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 69 | 90 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 69.9 | 82 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 59 | 87.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 61 | 84.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 62 | 83.9 | – |
| 2003 | 53.8 | 79.1 | – |
| 2002 | 47 | 70.6 | – |
| 2001 | 41.7 | 51.8 | – |
| 2000 | 36 | 45.7 | – |
| 1999 | 24.2 | 41.4 | – |
| 1998 | 19.6 | 33.5 | – |
| 1997 | 13.5 | 23.7 | – |
| 1996 | 8.4 | 9 | – |
| 1995 | 2.9 | 5.1 | – |
| 1994 | 1.2 | 3.4 | – |
| 1993 | 0.8 | 1.7 | – |
| 1992 | 0.5 | 1.5 | – |
| 1991 | 0.2 | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.6 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Singapore vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025