Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Singapore
Singapore: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.091 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.091
Change on year
down 5.1%
World rank
204th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.2576
in 1950
All-time low
0.0852
in 2019
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Singapore, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Singapore is 0.091, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Singapore peaked at 0.2576 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0852, in 2019.
Singapore ranks 204th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.2576 | — |
| 1951 | 0.2435 | -5.5% |
| 1952 | 0.2304 | -5.4% |
| 1953 | 0.2188 | -5.0% |
| 1954 | 0.2073 | -5.3% |
| 1955 | 0.1986 | -4.2% |
| 1956 | 0.1916 | -3.5% |
| 1957 | 0.1815 | -5.3% |
| 1958 | 0.174 | -4.1% |
| 1959 | 0.1673 | -3.9% |
| 1960 | 0.1629 | -2.6% |
| 1961 | 0.1565 | -3.9% |
| 1962 | 0.1533 | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 0.1502 | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 0.148 | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 0.145 | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.14 | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 0.1377 | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.1354 | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1361 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1356 | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 0.1352 | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.1337 | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1312 | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.129 | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.1261 | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1253 | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1242 | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1235 | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1224 | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1222 | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.122 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.1215 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1217 | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1205 | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1195 | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1164 | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.1158 | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1142 | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.1135 | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1124 | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1114 | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1102 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1092 | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1083 | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.1085 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.1075 | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.106 | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.1035 | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1023 | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.1011 | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0999 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0988 | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0979 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0937 | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0939 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0937 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0935 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0931 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0926 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0916 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0907 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0903 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.09 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0893 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0883 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0874 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0869 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0861 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0852 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0855 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0898 | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0959 | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 0.091 | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2071 | 0.1673 | 0.2576 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1465 | 0.1354 | 0.1629 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1286 | 0.1224 | 0.1356 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1187 | 0.1135 | 0.1222 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1079 | 0.1023 | 0.1124 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0958 | 0.0926 | 0.1011 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0886 | 0.0852 | 0.0916 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0906 | 0.0855 | 0.0959 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More poverty & inequality data for Singapore
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.943 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.01 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 16.4 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.031 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 11.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0759 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0759 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2594 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Singapore?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Singapore was 0.091 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2576 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0852 in 2019.
- How does Singapore rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Singapore ranks 204th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.