Southeast Asia
Singapore
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Singapore's #5 import source (world lens). Singapore is the EU's #49 goods supplier.
Singapore on the world stage
Total imports
$457.5bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$504.8bn
226 partners
#1 import source
Other Asia, nes
13.8%
#1 export dest.
China
14.0%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Singapore and the EU
EU imports from
€17.7bn
0.7% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€30.1bn
1.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #49 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.70
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
173
EUR/MWh
Consumer
213
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
499
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
4%
of generation
Wholesale 117 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● No domestic fuelMarket model
Competitive wholesale market + full retail contestability
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
27%
Regulator
Independent
Energy Market Authority (EMA)
A well-functioning competitive market with no domestic fuel and almost no land, running on roughly 95% imported gas, so its decarbonisation and energy security hinge entirely on building cross-border interconnectors and…
Tracked infrastructure
26 gas plants
10.4 GW
4 solar farms
226 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Monitored ports (1)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
35.7
→ 50.9 by 2050
Fertility
0.95
below replacement
Working-age
74.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
18.3
→ 41.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.83M · peaks 2040
By 2050: +4% (6.08M)