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Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

🇸🇬Singapore

Rank #8
Score: 80
About Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman Shanmugaratnam (b.1957) is President of Singapore (since 2023), former Senior Minister and former MAS Chairman. A widely respected economist and policymaker, Tharman’s career spans domestic social policy, international economic roles and public policy reform.

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
Employment-to-population ratio ≈ 65.7% (ILOSTAT)5/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Singapore (2024)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Singapore Partly Free ~47–484/10
Source: Freedom House — Singapore country report (2024)
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l — Singapore CPI ≈ 845/5
Source: Transparency International — Singapore (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded20/20
Source: Public record / press (no convictions) (2025)