← Country index

Southeast Asia

Singapore

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

Market-entry intelligence →

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

1.7

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

1.6

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

7.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour2
Worker rights & FOA3
OHS & audit transparency2
Food & product safety1
Environmental & regulatory1
Governance & anti-corruption1
Tariff & preferential access2
Non-tariff barriers1
Supply chain traceability2

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict2
Supplier concentration1
Climate & physical risk3
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights1

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness2
Supply base depth5
Logistics & infrastructure9
Workforce skills9
Scalability8
Ease of doing business9
Trade access & tariffs8
Sustainability baseline8
Innovation & IP3
Quality standards9

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

Singapore$457.5bn total importsASEAN-619.5% · $89.1bnOther Asia, nes13.8% · $63.1bnChina12.4% · $56.7bnUS12.2% · $55.8bnUSA12.2% · $55.8bnMalaysia11.2% · $51.4bnEU-279.7% · $44.6bnRep. of Korea6.3% · $28.7bnJapan4.9% · $22.2bn

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

Electricity costs →

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 fuel

Market 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…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Monitored ports (1)

Singapore

Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

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)

singapore across this site