&quot;More than half of a tiny and almost certainly unrepresentative fraction of Singaporeans&quot; would be a more accurate description. Arguing from headlines seems like it must be an uncomfortable place to be.<p>The CIA World Factbook estimates a 1.5% net immigration rate for Singapore in 2015. They don&#x27;t seem to break out immigration vs. emigration, so I&#x27;m not sure how frequently people leave, but a quick glance at Google results for &quot;singapore emigration&quot; suggests people leave frequently enough for some pundits to consider it a problem, which makes it seem improbable that doing so is all that difficult.