Living Conditions
Apart from being a great place to work, Singapore is favourite among expatriates to live in.
Singapore was the 3rd most popular place to relocate to worldwide over the last five years
Source: The top 10 Cartus’ Rankings of Top 25 Relocation Destination last year (2011)
| Country |
Ranking |
| United States |
1 |
| United Kingdom |
2 |
| Singapore |
3 |
China
|
4 |
Switzerland
|
5
|
| India |
5 |
| Germany |
7
|
Hong Kong
|
8 |
Japan
|
9 |
Canada
|
10 |
Singapore is the most popular country for migrants
Source: Gallup Potential Net Migration Index 2010
| Countries |
Index Score |
| Singapore |
+219% |
| New Zealand |
+184%
|
| Saudi Arabia |
+176%
|
| Canada |
+160% |
| Switzerland |
+150%
|
| Australia |
+148% |
| Kuwait |
+127%
|
Singapore has the best quality of living in Asia
Source: Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2010
| City |
Ranking |
| Singapore |
28 |
| Tokyo |
40
|
| kobe |
41
|
| Yokohama |
41 |
Singapore is the best location in the world for Asians to live
Source: ECA International's Location Rating Survey 2010
| Location |
World Rank 2009/10 |
| Singapore |
1 |
| Sydney |
2 |
| Kobe |
3 |
Yokohama
|
4 |
Tokyo
|
5
|
| Copenhagen |
5 |
| Canberra |
7
|
Hong Kong
|
8 |
Singapore is ranked the world’s 1st for city infrastructure
Source: Mercer Quality of Living global city rankings 2009
| City |
Ranking |
| Singapore |
1 |
| Munich |
2 |
| Copenhagen |
3 |
| Tsukuba |
4 |
| Yokohama |
5 |
| Dusseldorf |
6 |
| Vancouver |
6 |
| Frankfurt |
8 |
| Hong Kong |
8 |
| London |
8 |
Singapore is ranked 4th overall and 1st in income in world’s largest expat survey
Source: HSBC Expat Explorer Survey 2010
Overall
Countries are ranked in terms of key economic elements, income, disposable income and luxuries
| Country |
Ranking
|
| Russia Federation |
1
|
| Saudi Arabia |
2
|
| Bahrain |
3
|
| Singapore |
4
|
| United Arab Emirates |
4
|
| Bermuda |
4
|
Income
Nearly 45% of expats earn over US$200,000 per annum compared to the worldwide average of 21%
| Country |
Ranking
|
| Singapore |
1
|
| Russia Federation |
2
|
| Bermuda |
3
|
Singapore has 2nd highest Internet penetration in Asia-Pacific
Source: Akamai Technologies
Global ranking of unique IP addresses
| Ranking |
Country |
Q4 09 Unique Ips |
Q-O-Q Chng (%) |
| 1 |
US |
124,953,865 |
4.5 |
| 2 |
China |
52,113,869 |
6.2 |
| 3 |
Japan |
32,259,547 |
1.9 |
| 4 |
Germany |
30,912,466 |
3.9 |
| 5 |
France |
21,477,486 |
2.8 |
| 7 |
South Korea |
16,108,106 |
5.3 |
| 13 |
Australia |
7,938,769 |
3.2 |
| 16 |
Taiwan |
5,927,361 |
2.0 |
| 41 |
Thailand |
5,927,361 |
1.5 |
| 42 |
Singapore |
1,561,192 |
4.2 |
| 43 |
Malaysia |
1,397,051 |
24 |
| US and China account for 40% |
Average Internet connection speeds
| Global Ranking |
Country |
AV Connection Speed (KBPS) |
% Above 5 MBPS |
| 1 |
South Korea |
11,717 |
68 |
| 2 |
Japan |
7,613 |
59 |
| 4 |
Hong Kong |
8,568 |
48 |
| 12 |
Taiwan |
4,095 |
26 |
| 14 |
US |
3,808 |
25 |
| 32 |
Singapore |
2,624 |
13 |
| 35 |
New Zealand |
2,967 |
9.2 |
| 43 |
Australia |
2,095 |
6.9 |
| 52 |
Thailand |
2,384 |
3.7 |
| 65 |
Malaysia |
1,070 |
1.2 |
| 74 |
India |
849 |
0.6 |
| 78 |
Philipines |
852 |
0.4 |
| 79 |
China |
857 |
0.3 |