In 2020 in Singapore, there were an estimated 420,000 people with vision loss. Of these, 13,000 people were blind.
Breakdown of vision loss chart
Start by selecting how you would like to examine the data:
- Location: compare up to three different GBD Super Regions, GBD Regions, or countries.
- Time: look at trends in the data between 1990 and 2020.
- Age: look at vision loss in 5 year gaps between 50 to 95 plus.
- Cause: look at how different eye conditions cause vision loss (at GBD Super Region and GBD Region level only).
You can then select the location, year, vision loss measure, age and gender to explore vision loss predicted by the VLEG/GBD 2020 model.
National indicators for eye health services in Singapore
Indicator
Data
Rank
Year Last Reported
Data Source
Cataract surgical service delivery
Effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC)
No data
Cataract surgeries performed (annual)
13,920
60 of 120
Cataract surgical rate (CSR) (per million)
2,627
58 of 176
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Number of eye care personnel by cadre
No. of ophthalmologists
239
2015
Resnikoff et al., 2020
Ophthalmologists per million
42.7
71 of 191
2015
Resnikoff et al., 2020
No. of optometrists
1,027
2014
Other
Optometrists per million
185.9
13 of 136
2014
Other
No. of allied ophthalmic personnel
2400
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Allied ophthalmic personnel per million
434
1 of 102
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
Data and assessments
Eye health prevalence data survey completed (since 1987)
Prevalence
2008
VLEG
Eye Care Service Assessment completed?
ECSAT
2014
Ministry of Health or key respondent
National eye health resources and plans
National Eye Health Co-ordinator
No data
National Eye Committee
No data
National Eye Health Plan
No data
National Eye Health Plan Start Date
No data
National Eye Health Plan End Date
No data
IAPB members in Singapore:
Members with in-country offices
Website
https://www.snec.com.sg/
Website
http://www.global-clinic.org/
Website
https://www.orbis.org
