| Singapore consistently scores high marks in global and regional rankings of the factors that matter to businesses. These range from political risk to workforce productivity, from the quality of life to the prospects for making profits. |
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| 2nd most competitive globally, after the United States |
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| | United States | | 1 | | | | Singapore | | 2 | |
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| Source: Institute for Management Development (IMD) |
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| 2nd most globalised nation in the world |
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| | | Country | | Overall ranking for 2004 | | Previous ranking for 2003 | |
| | Ireland | | 1 | | 1 | | | Singapore | | 2 | | 4 | | | Switzerland | | 3 | | 2 | | | Netherlands | | 4 | | 5 | | | Finland | | 5 | | 10 | | | Canada | | 6 | | 7 | | | United States | | 7 | | 11 | | | New Zealand | | 8 | | 16 | | | Austria | | 9 | | 8 | | | | Denmark | | 10 | | 6 | |
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| Source: 4th annual AT Kearney and Foreign Policy magazine globalisation index, 2004 |
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| Best business environment in Asia-Pacific |
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| | | Country | | 1999-2003 rank | | 2004-2008 rank | |
| | Singapore | | 2 | | 1 | | | Hong Kong | | 1 | | 2 | | | New Zealand | | 3 | | 3 | | | Australia | | 4 | | 4 | | | | Taiwan | | 5 | | 5 | |
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| Source: EIU Country Forecast, October 2003 |
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| 2nd most profitable place for investors |
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| | | Ranked by +5 years | | 100 = Perfect country | | Perfect composite score | | +5 years composite score | |
| | 1 | | Switzerland | | 82 | | 83 | | | 2 | | Singapore | | 78 | | 79 | | | 3 | | Netherlands | | 73 | | 75 | | | 4 | | Taiwan | | 72 | | 74 | | | | 4 | | Japan | | 72 | | 73 | |
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| Source: BERI Report 2003-1 |
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| 2nd in personal safety among world's top 50 cities |
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| | Luxembourg | | 1 | | | Bern | | 2 | | | Geneva | | 2 | | | Helsinki | | 2 | | | | Singapore | | 2 | |
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| Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting, 2003 |
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| Least corrupt country in Asia |
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| | Singapore | | 1 | | 0.50 | | | Japan | | 2 | | 3.50 | | | Hong Kong | | 3 | | 3.60 | | | Taiwan | | 4 | | 6.10 | | | | South Korea | | 5 | | 6.67 | |
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| Source: Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, 2004 |
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| Best quality of life in Asia |
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| | Singapore | | 2.09 | | | Taiwan | | 3.20 | | | Hong Kong | | 3.88 | | | Thailand | | 4.19 | | | | China | | 4.43 | |
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| Source: Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, March 2003 |
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| 2nd most network ready country |
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| | 1 | | United States | | | 2 | | Singapore | | | 3 | | Finland | | | 4 | | Sweden | | | 5 | | Denmark | | | 6 | | Canada | | | 7 | | Switzerland | | | 8 | | Norway | | | 9 | | Australia | | | | 10 | | Iceland | |
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| Source: Global Information Technology Report, 2003-2004 |
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| 5th best offshore location globally |
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| | 1 | | India | | | 2 | | China | | | 3 | | Malaysia | | | 4 | | Czech Republic | | | 5 | | Singapore | | | 6 | | The Philippines | | | 7 | | Brazil | | | | 8 | | Canada | |
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| Source: A. T. Kearney Offshore Location Attractiveness Index, 2004 |
