Lawrence Wong

🇸🇬Singapore

Rank #45

Score: 72

About Lawrence Wong

Lawrence Wong (b.1972) is Singapore’s Prime Minister (sworn in 2024). A career public servant and former finance minister, he led pandemic response planning and later stewardship of macroeconomic policy. Wong is positioned as a generational leader for pragmatic economic and social reforms.

Scoring Breakdown

Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI

Singapore HDI ≈ 0.9469/10

Source: UNDP — Human Development country insights (2023)

GDP per capita

Singapore GDP per capita (World Bank)9/10

Source: World Bank — Singapore country data (2023)

Gini coefficient

Singapore Gini index (survey series)3/10

Source: World Bank — Gini (SGP) (2021)

Employment rate