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ELI5: Why is Singapore so successful when it's democracy index is 6.14 and oil industry is responsible just for 5 percent of the GDP?
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Trade.   
If you want to get something from China to Europe you have to go past Singapore to the Suez Canal.  
Want to get Middle Eastern Oil back? Singapore.  
It also has some of the best port infrastructure on the planet.
  
Furthermore the founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew did a bunch of good things.  
1) Come down hard on even the slightest hint of corruption.  
2) Encourage the people to keep using English, even after the British left.  
3) Maintain good relations with both the USA and China.