Singapore

The facts about Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometers (85 miles) north of the equator in Southeast Asia. The country is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to the north, and from the Riau Islands, Indonesia by the Singapore Strait to the south. Singapore is the fourth leading financial center in the world and a cosmopolitan world city plays an important role in international trade and finance. Port of Singapore is one of the five busiest ports in the world. 

Singapore has a long history of immigration. Diverse population 5 million people, made ​​up of Chinese, Malay, Indian, various Asian descent and Caucasians.  42% of Singapore's population are foreigners who work and study there. Foreign workers make up 50% of the service sector. [19] [20] The country is the second most densely populated in the world after Monaco. AT Kearney mentions Singapore as the most globalized country in the world in the 2006 Globalization Index. 

Before independence in 1965, Singapore is a diverse trading port with a GDP per capita of $ 511, the third highest in East Asia at the time.  After independence, foreign direct investment and the government's efforts for industrialization based on plans the former Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee shape Singapore's economy today.

Economist Intelligence Unit in the "Quality of Life Index" put Singapore on the ratings of the quality of life inAsia and eleventh in the world. Singapore has the ninth largest foreign reserves in the world. The country also has an advanced armed forces . After its GDP decreased -6.8% in the 4th quarter of 2009, Singapore earned the world's fastest growing economies, with GDP growth of 17.9% in the first half of 2010.