Singapore Ranked No.1 on INSEAD’s Global Talent Competitiveness Index

Singapore has leapfrogged Switzerland to take top spot in the latest Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI), riding on its strength in cultivating adaptable, digitally fluent and innovation-ready workforces in the age of artificial intelligence.

This year is the first time the city-state topped the annual ranking, which was launched by INSEAD in 2013 as a benchmark for policy thinking on labour markets, work organisation and talent flows.

High-income European economies continue to anchor the top 10 in this edition, but this year's GTCI report is also notable for the decline of several major economies, including the United States which slid from 3^rd to 9^th place.

Themed "Resilience in the Age of Disruption", this year's GTCI – the 11^th since 2013 –examines how nations and economies are building talent systems capable of weathering disruptions. The ranking of 135 economies is based on 77 indicators, including soft skills and AI talent concentration, across six dimensions: Enable, Attract, Grow, Retain, Vocational and Technical Skills, and Generalist Adaptive Skills.

"True resilience in talent is turning adversity into a catalyst for innovation, adaptability and renewed purpose," says Felipe Monteiro, GTCI Academic Director and Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD.