Singapore emerges as the 8th most ignorant country in the world

Ipsos MORI, the second largest market research organisation in the United Kingdom, has listed Singapore as the 8th most ignorant country in the world. The 2016 Index of Ignorance is based on a survey of people’s knowledge about their own country.

The survey took in populations from 40 countries, and surveyed between 500 and 1,000 people aged 16 to 64 in each country from September to November. The index was created after collating survey questions about the respective country, including population, healthcare spending, home ownership and the proportion of Muslims living in the country. The index suggested that the economic status of a country has little bearing on the results.

While Singapore came in at number 8 in the index, Malaysia emerged as the 5th least ignorant country in the world.

The list from most to least ignorant, is as follows:

1. India
2. China
3. Taiwan
4. South Africa
5. USA
6. Brazil
7. Thailand
8. Singapore
9. Turkey
10. Indonesia
11. Mexico
12. Canada
13. Montenegro
14. Russia
15. Serbia
16. Philippines
17. Hong Kong
18. Israel
19. Denmark
20. Argentina
21. France
22. Vietnam
23. Peru
24. Spain
25. Chile
26. Hungary
27. Japan
28. Belgium
29. Poland
30. Colombia
31. Sweden
32. Norway
33. Italy
34. Germany
35. Australia
36. Malaysia
37. Czech Republic
38. South Korea
39. United Kingdom
40. Netherlands