Singapore, India, Hong Kong drop in EIU’s Democracy Index
Singapore, Hong Kong and India have all dropped places in a new ranking of democracies around the world.
Singapore, Hong Kong and India have all dropped places in a new ranking of democracies around the world.
In recognition of the bank’s commitment to workplace gender equality, DBS Bank has been named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the third year running.
Singapore came in third while India ranked 73rd out of 152 countries in a United Nations (UN) business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce index that measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping.
Singapore was ranked 21st in The Soft Power 30 list – an annual global ranking of soft power – retaining its position from last year.
Nanyang Technological University has been ranked 2nd in the inaugural Nature Index Young Universities, the only Singapore university to make it to the top ten.
Despite an economic slowdown, India jumped 17 spots on the Global Economic Freedom index from last year’s 96th spot to the current ranking of 79.
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Global Liveability Index assesses 140 cities across the globe.
Singapore emerged as the top-ranked economy in Asia in the 2019 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII), which also identifies India as a regional leader in innovation.
With luxury home prices in Singapore rising by over nine percent in 2018, the city-state has emerged seventh in Knight Frank’s Prime International Residential Index.
Singapore ranked 10th out of 50 global economies in the latest US Chamber International Intellectual Property Index.