Don't compare ourselves with India, Ivory Coast or Bangladesh, dude. We are a developed nation- as PAP states, and therefore we have to compare ourselves with Japan, South Korea, Australia, Sweden, the US, Canada, and Finland, to ensure that we have high standards as well.
I mean, if we compare ourselves with ants, we will be at the level of ants. But if we compare ourselves as lions against say a rhino, or a tiger, then we will know where we really stand.