Poverty & Inequality in Singapore 24 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Singapore. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.943 live births per woman 2023 down 0.6% 230th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.01 2023 up 5.5% 131st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% 2023 up 5.5% 131st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 36.5% 164th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 16.4 % change on previous year 2023 up 819.7% 14th Gender Inequality Index 0.031 2023 down 48.3% 161st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 11.9% 2023 down 1.7% 160th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0759 2023 down 3.2% 205th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0759 2023 down 3.2% 205th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.091 2023 up 1.2% 204th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2594 2023 unchanged 82nd Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.823 2023 up 2.5% 32nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.823 2023 up 2.5% 32nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.823 2023 up 2.5% 32nd Three metrics of inequality 54.45 2014 up 5.5% 59th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5445 2014 up 5.5% 59th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 996.81 2023 up 30.9% 10th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5277 2014 up 5.3% 50th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5277 2014 up 5.3% 50th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 67,331 2017 up 50.6% 2nd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 46.2% 2014 up 8.6% 43rd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 14.2% 2014 up 2.9% 59th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 4.3% 2024 down 60.7% 108th