Relationship dossier
India
Singapore
Relationship assessment
India and Singapore maintain a close strategic partnership spanning trade, defense and regional cooperation.
India toward Singapore
+75India has pursued sustained cooperation with Singapore through the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, defense cooperation arrangements and recurring military exercises. India and Singapore elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2024.
Singapore toward India
+75Singapore has developed sustained economic and defense cooperation with India, including through the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, defense arrangements and recurring military exercises. Singapore and India elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2024.
Overall relationship
+75The relationship is structured by durable economic and defense arrangements, recurring military cooperation and a high-level strategic partnership. These features support close bilateral cooperation, with no major bilateral dispute identified as a defining feature of the relationship.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Singapore maintain a close strategic partnership supported by sustained economic, defense and diplomatic cooperation. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement and its later update underpin economic ties, while defense agreements, military exercises and high-level strategic arrangements provide a durable framework for cooperation. The relationship was elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2024.
Key developments
India and Singapore signed the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.
The relationship was elevated to a Strategic Partnership.
India and Singapore upgraded the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.
The countries elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which recent strategic commitments have produced additional operational cooperation is unclear.
- The scope and implementation of individual defense cooperation arrangements are not fully clear.