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Singapore
Singapore has a compulsory NRIC and the Singpass digital ID, with face verification used by banks since 2024. The central bank works on wholesale CBDC and tokenised MAS bills; no retail CBDC was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Singapore
- Program
- NRIC; Singpass
- Status
- Used by most adults
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
In September 2024 the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Association of Banks announced Singpass Face Verification, used in higher-risk digital token setups at retail banks. A face scan is checked against national records.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Pilot
MAS runs wholesale CBDC trials. A 2025 report said MAS planned a 2026 pilot of tokenised MAS bills settled with wholesale CBDC. No retail CBDC was found. This detail comes from a secondary summary only.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2024-09Rolling it out
MAS and banks announced Singpass face verification for digital token setup. Fintech News Singapore ↗
UN and WHO
How Singapore has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Abstained
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 73.8 · rank 59 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the -3 adds up
- -1Running a CBDC pilot source ↗
- -1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
Points come only from public, sourced actions we track, scored the same way for every country. It isn't a grade of a whole government. How scoring works →
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.