Singapore
- Official Name:
- Republic of Singapore (Singapore)
- Area:
- 692.7 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 4.553.009 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 193 km
- Capital:
- Singapore
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Singapore
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 3 nm
- Exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as defined in treaties and practice
- Political divisions:
- None
- Language(s):
- Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14,1%, Hokkien 11,4%, Cantonese 5,7%, Teochew 4,9%, Tamil 3,2%, other Chinese dialects 1,8%, other 0,9% (2000 census)
- National holiday:
- National Day, 9 August (1965)
- Nationality:
- Singaporean(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 8.
- Member of:
- APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .sg
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Singapore dollar (SGD) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 31.400 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 122.100.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 7,9% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 0%
- Industry: 33,8%
- Services: 66,2%
- Labor force:
- 2.400.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2003):
-
- Manufacturing 18%
- Construction 6%
- Transportation and communication 11%,
- Financial, business, and other services 39%
- Other 26%
- Unemployment rate:
- 3,1% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 1% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 21,8% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD19.710.000.000
- Expenditures: USD19.850.000.000
- Public debt:
- 100,6% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 35.580.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 283.600.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels
- Exports - Partners:
- Malaysia 13,3%, US 10,4%, Indonesia 9,6%, Hong Kong 9,4%, China 8,6%, Japan 5,5%, Thailand 4,1% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 246.100.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
- Imports - partners:
- Malaysia 13,7%, US 11,7%, China 10,3%, Japan 9,6%, Taiwan 5,9%, Indonesia 5,2%, Saudi Arabia 4,5%, South Korea 4,3% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 134.600.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD24.300.000.000 (2006)
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