SINGAPORE, May 3 -- Singapore tops the world in a recent report measuring six areas of youth development, which include domains like education, equality and inclusion as well as political and civic participation.

The island nation shone particularly brightly in two domains where it ranked number one globally - health and wellbeing as well as peace and security. Singapore's worst score was in political and civic participation, where it ranked 100th worldwide.

These were part of the Global Youth Development Index Report released recently (April 26) by the Commonwealth Secretariat, measuring the progress of youth development in 183 countries.

The last report was in 2020, when Singapore also emerged in top spot.

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