For the third consecutive year, Singapore has retained the top spot in Asia-Pacific in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index. Efforts to both nurture a wide pool of skilled knowledge workers and attract international human capital have drawn investors and businesses to the Asian financial hub, and contributed to Singapore’s long-term economic competitiveness.
As a small country without natural resources, Singapore relies on its human ingenuity to develop its economy and has a clear focus on becoming a talent hub. Substantial investments have been put into education, life-long learning and talent development, and efforts to attract top global talents have been stepped up.As a result of these efforts , Singapore has once again topped the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) for Asia-Pacific for the third year running, and is placed second in the World behind Switzerland. Besides Singapore and Switzerland, other countries ranked in the top 10 comprise high-income cosmopolitan hubs such as Luxembourg, United States, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Canada and Finland.