Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Singapore
- +65
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 900/1800/3G
What every visitor should know about Singapore:
- Money
- The currency is the Singapore dollar (SGD). 1 SGD is worth about US$0.72, or €0.50.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Credit-card fraud
- Capital
- Singapore
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Singapore facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 4,657,542
- Language
- Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%
- Ethnicity
- Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%
Economy
- GDP
- US$52,000 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate