Areas Where Japan Is Better Than Singapore

🇯🇵 Japan is ranked better in 7 indicators, while Singapore is ranked better in 17 indicators.

• 🌿 Planetary Pressures–adjusted Human Development Index

  0.79 🇯🇵

  |

  0.62 🇸🇬

  Adjusts HDI by considering environmental sustainability. Higher values indicate better human development with lower environmental impact.

• 🗣️ Voice and Accountability: Estimate

  1.11 🇯🇵

  |

  -0.07 🇸🇬

  Higher values indicate stronger democratic governance and citizen participation.

• 💼 Education Expenditure as GDP Percentage

  3.34 🇯🇵

  |

  2.19 🇸🇬

  Indicates the share of national wealth invested in education, impacting long-term economic growth.

• 📈 School enrollment, primary (% gross)

  102.5 🇯🇵

  |

  100.25 🇸🇬

  A higher rate indicates more children are enrolled in primary education, including over-aged students.

• 🤰 Maternal Mortality Ratio (Modeled)

  3 🇯🇵

  |

  6 🇸🇬

  Lower ratios indicate better maternal healthcare and safer childbirth conditions.

• ⏳ Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

  84.04 🇯🇵

  |

  82.9 🇸🇬

  A higher expectancy indicates better health and living conditions.

• 📊 Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

  0.85 🇯🇵

  |

  0.82 🇸🇬

  Adjusts the HDI for inequality in distribution of each dimension. Higher values indicate better human development with less inequality.

Areas Where Singapore Is Better Than Japan