Singapore
AdvancingAsia-PacificHigh income
Power #14 / 48Per-capita #3
Cognitive Power
40.2
of 100 · #14
CPI
40.2
CC
71.9
CDI
0.701
AIR
66.3
AIX
61.0
CRI
63.0
CM
67.6
CV
4.0%
Primary · absolute lens
Cognitive Power
40.2 · #14/48
Total national capacity — AI capital, compute, models & robotics. Strongest in semiconductor capability, compute capacity, ai capital.
Per-capita lens
Cognitive Coefficient
71.9 · #3/48
How deep infrastructure runs per person — rewards intensity, like GDP-per-capita or the HDI.
CC projection to 2040 — Baseline
All 8 scenarios →Monte-Carlo band (P10–P90) around the median path. Dashed = illustrative historical reconstruction.
Median (P50)P10–P90 bandReconstruction
Pillar profile
Insight engine
Singapore ranks #3 of 48 on the Cognitive Coefficient (71.9/100), with a trajectory classified as Advancing relative to the frontier. Its strongest pillars are data, digital literacy; the binding constraints are compute, knowledge infrastructure.
Risks
- Few acute risks at present; principal exposure is complacency as the frontier keeps moving.
Opportunities
- Largest headroom in Compute (50.6/100) — targeted investment compounds fastest here.
- Largest headroom in Knowledge Infrastructure (55.4/100) — targeted investment compounds fastest here.
- High momentum: current investment and pipeline favour accelerating returns if sustained.
Recommended actions
- Prioritise the weakest pillar (Compute) to lift the geometric-mean development index (CDI).
- Broaden the base (education + data governance) to raise resilience and reduce concentration risk.
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These are model outputs and scenarios, not forecasts of actual outcomes. This platform measures access to, utilization of, and leverage from cognitive infrastructure — not intelligence. No causality or certainty is claimed.
Pillars
AI Access70.4
AI Adoption62.0
Compute50.6
Data94.9
Education88.6
Digital Literacy90.9
Innovation62.2
Knowledge Infrastructure55.4
Nearest peers
- South Korea72.8
- Germany68.5
- United Kingdom67.6
- Switzerland66.4
- China66.2