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Asian - Basic Statistics 2024
Asian - Basic Statistics 2024
Core Indicators
Total Average Proportion of Proportion of Nominal Annual Per Capita Inflation Current
Population Annual Population below Population Gross Domestic Growth Gross Rate Account
Population $2.15 Purchasing Living below Product Rate of National Balance
Growth Rate Power Parity (PPP) the National (GDP) GDP Income
a Day Poverty Line (GNI), Atlas
Method
ECONOMY
2024 BASIC
(million) (%) (%) (%) ($ billion) (%) ($) (%) (% of GDP)
BASIC 2023
STATISTICS
STATISTICS
Afghanistan 33.47 2.1 ... 54.51 21.33 –6.2 ... 10.8 11.25
Armenia 2.99 0.1 0.87 24.8 24.2 8.7 5,960 2.0 –1.7
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Maldives 0.59 2.9 0.04 5.44 6.9* 4.4 10,880 2.9 –22.4
Marshall Islands 0.05 –0.1 0.94 7.24 0.3 2.5 7,270 6.5 17.57
Micronesia, Federated States of 0.11 0.2 ... ... 0.4* 2.6 4,140 5.3 0.76
Mongolia 3.48 1.6 0.27 27.1 19.9 7.0 4,260 10.4 0.7
Myanmar 54.58 0.7 2.02 24.82 59.7* 0.8 1,270 22.0 –5.5
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Nauru 0.01 1.1 ... ... 0.2* 1.6 17,800 5.2 3.5
Nepal 29.46 0.9 ... 20.3 41.2* 1.9 1,340 7.7 –1.4
Niue 0.00 –1.2 ... ... 0.06,* –6.26 ... 8.6 ‥
Pakistan 241.50 2.5 4.93 21.93 339.0 –0.2 1,560 29.2 -0.7
Palau 0.02 0.1 ... ... 0.3 –0.2 ... 12.4 –41.2
Papua New Guinea 9.50 2.1 ... 37.52 28.5* 2.0 2,700 2.3 19.7
Philippines 112.89 1.3 3.0 18.16 436.6 5.6 3,950 6.0 –2.6
Samoa 0.20 0.6 ... 21.93 0.7 8.0 3,660 12.0 –4.9
* = preliminary or forecast figures, $ = United States dollars, 1 = 2016 2 = 2017 3 = 2018 4 = 2019 5 = 2020 6 = 2021 7 = 2022 8 = 2023, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, .‥ = data not available from 2016 to 2023, – = magnitude equals zero, km2 = square kilometer,
LTE/WiMax = Long Term Evolution/wireless communication standard based on IEEE 802.16, g/m3 = micrograms per cubic meter.
Sources: Online databases from international organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Telecommunication Union; Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; Pacific Community; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Statistics Division; World Bank Global Database of Shared
Prosperity; World Bank Global Financial Inclusion; World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform; World Bank’s World Development Indicators; World Health Organization); ADB. 2024. Asian Development Outlook 2024. Manila; ADB. 2023. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Manila; economy sources; and staff estimates.
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LAND POPULATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(‘000 km2) (persons (births (% of (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (per 100,000 (per 1,000 (per 1,000 (per 100,000 (%)
per km2 per working-age live births) live births) live births) population)
of surface woman) population) 2023 2019 2019
area)
2021 2023 2023 2023 Total Female Male 2020–2022 2022 2019 2022 2020 2022 2022 2022 2019
* = preliminary or forecast figures, $ = United States dollars, 1 = 2016 2 = 2017 3 = 2018 4 = 2019 5 = 2020 6 = 2021 7 = 2022 8 = 2023, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, .‥ = data not available from 2016 to 2023, – = magnitude equals zero, km2 = square kilometer,
LTE/WiMax = Long Term Evolution/wireless communication standard based on IEEE 802.16, g/m3 = micrograms per cubic meter.
Sources: Online databases from international organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Telecommunication Union; Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; Pacific Community; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Statistics Division; World Bank Global Database of Shared
Prosperity; World Bank Global Financial Inclusion; World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform; World Bank’s World Development Indicators; World Health Organization); ADB. 2024. Asian Development Outlook 2024. Manila; ADB. 2023. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Manila; economy sources; and staff estimates.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
* = preliminary or forecast figures, $ = United States dollars, 1 = 2016 2 = 2017 3 = 2018 4 = 2019 5 = 2020 6 = 2021 7 = 2022 8 = 2023, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, .‥ = data not available from 2016 to 2023, – = magnitude equals zero, km2 = square kilometer,
LTE/WiMax = Long Term Evolution/wireless communication standard based on IEEE 802.16, g/m3 = micrograms per cubic meter.
Sources: Online databases from international organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Telecommunication Union; Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; Pacific Community; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Statistics Division; World Bank Global Database of Shared
Prosperity; World Bank Global Financial Inclusion; World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform; World Bank’s World Development Indicators; World Health Organization); ADB. 2024. Asian Development Outlook 2024. Manila; ADB. 2023. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Manila; economy sources; and staff estimates.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
* = preliminary or forecast figures, $ = United States dollars, 1 = 2016 2 = 2017 3 = 2018 4 = 2019 5 = 2020 6 = 2021 7 = 2022 8 = 2023, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, .‥ = data not available from 2016 to 2023, – = magnitude equals zero, km2 = square kilometer,
LTE/WiMax = Long Term Evolution/wireless communication standard based on IEEE 802.16, g/m3 = micrograms per cubic meter.
Sources: Online databases from international organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Telecommunication Union; Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; Pacific Community; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Statistics Division; World Bank Global Database of Shared
Prosperity; World Bank Global Financial Inclusion; World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform; World Bank’s World Development Indicators; World Health Organization); ADB. 2024. Asian Development Outlook 2024. Manila; ADB. 2023. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Manila; economy sources; and staff estimates.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
* = preliminary or forecast figures, $ = United States dollars, 1 = 2016 2 = 2017 3 = 2018 4 = 2019 5 = 2020 6 = 2021 7 = 2022 8 = 2023, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, .‥ = data not available from 2016 to 2023, – = magnitude equals zero, km2 = square kilometer,
LTE/WiMax = Long Term Evolution/wireless communication standard based on IEEE 802.16, g/m3 = micrograms per cubic meter.
Sources: Online databases from international organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Telecommunication Union; Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; Pacific Community; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Statistics Division; World Bank Global Database of Shared
Prosperity; World Bank Global Financial Inclusion; World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform; World Bank’s World Development Indicators; World Health Organization); ADB. 2024. Asian Development Outlook 2024. Manila; ADB. 2023. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Manila; economy sources; and staff estimates.
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NATIONAL ACCOUNTS MONEY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS RESERVES EXTERNAL DEBT GOVERNMENT FINANCE
National Accounts | Money | Balance of Payments | Reserves | External Debt | Government Finance
Annual Real Growth Rates on Gross Annual Change Growth Growth Trade Gross Total Outstanding
Value Added Domestic in Money Supply Rate of Merchandise Rate of Merchandise Balance International Reserves
Investment Exports Imports
ECONOMY
(%) (% of GDP) (%) (%) (%) (% of GDP) ($ million) ($ million) (% of GNI) (% of GDP)
2023
2023
Agriculture Industry Services 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 Revenue Expenditure Fiscal Balance
Afghanistan –6.6 –5.7 –6.5 ... 3.8 116.1 44.6 ... 9,7636 1,4826 9.66 25.76 27.96 –2.26
Armenia 0.2 5.5 12.1 21.3 17.4 40.8 38.8 –10.2 3,602 6,501 38.9 24.8 26.8 –2.0
Azerbaijan 3.0 –0.1 1.8 12.77,* 5.3 88.47 29.77 34.87 11,613 6,461 14.2 28.9 29.6 –0.7
Bangladesh 3.4 8.4 5.4 31.0* 10.5 6.3 –15.8 –3.8 31,203 59,214 11.5 8.2 12.6 –4.4
Bhutan 1.3 –4.4 9.5 69.7 3.2 –11.5 –13.1 –22.5 533 3,049 117.76 25.7 32.4 –6.7
Brunei Darussalam –9.0 –1.4 5.9 29.6 1.37 2.2 4.5 30.97 5,0357 ... ... 14.0 25.7 –11.7
Cambodia 1.1 –0.2 12.0 12.6 12.5 1.7 –17.0 –9.4 20,000 11,185 35.1 21.3 24.3 –3.1
China, People’s Republic of 4.2 4.7 5.8 43.17 9.7 –5.0 –4.0 3.4 3,306,5297 2,452,7657 13.5 17.2 21.8 –4.6
Cook Islands –3.9 –98.0 20.9 ... 14.67 38.5 –8.6 –32.7 ... 139 ... 38.8 39.5 –0.6
Fiji 0.7 1.9 5.4 19.66 11.9 2.7 5.7 –33.1 1,494 1,590 30.5 22.1 28.2 –6.2
Georgia 0.8 3.4 8.8 19.67 14.5 12.8 13.5 –30.8 5,000 20,467 90.1 27.7 30.1 –2.4
Hong Kong, China –2.7 4.3 3.7 15.7 4.0 –6.5 –4.7 –4.3 425,554 1,838,076 444.7 18.5 24.3 –3.4
India 0.7 9.0 7.5 33.7 12.8 –6.1 –4.8 –7.3 626,163 648,031 18.4 9.2 15.9 –6.6
Indonesia 1.3 5.0 6.1 30.5 3.5 –11.3 –7.3 3.4 146,384 408,127 31.4 13.5 15.4 –1.9
Kazakhstan –7.7 5.6 5.7 21.9 11.7 –6.6 20.1 7.3 35,965 160,6097 85.1 20.9 23.2 –2.3
Kiribati 5.06 21.16 1.46 30.76 ... 13.1 0.9 –44.6 1167 33 9.3 128.5 130.8 –2.3
Korea, Republic of –2.4 0.8 2.1 32.1 3.9 –7.1 –10.0 2.0 420,148 663,631 35.6 23.47 30.27 –6.87
Kyrgyz Republic 0.6 4.9 6.2 35.67 15.0 –19.47 76.47 –57.07 3,236 7,8137 77.6 31.9 30.9 1.0
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1.4 2.4 5.6 ... 33.3 0.3 7.4 0.8 1,782 17,1886 92.26 14.6 16.6 –2.0
Malaysia 0.7 1.3 5.3 22.5 6.0 –18.0 –15.6 7.3 113,478 270,616 64.6 16.2 17.1 –0.9
Maldives 3.1 8.6 5.0 ... 6.9 10.1 1.9 –42.5 589 2,427 37.7 30.5 44.3 –13.8
Marshall Islands –15.47 10.27 2.07 20.47 ... –2.87 –3.07 –12.67 ... 60 21.0 61.6 61.5 0.1
Micronesia, Federated States of –3.66 –0.96 –1.86 6.86 ... –1.06 7.46 –36.86 ... 48 10.6 65.0 62.0 3.0
Mongolia –8.9 14.5 8.2 31.7 26.8 41.0 10.5 22.0 4,921 34,570 230.5 35.3 32.6 2.7
Myanmar –1.8 2.2 1.0 27.36 10.5 –14.0 –5.5 –6.7 7,8006 13,9007 20.2 11.7 17.7 –6.0
Nauru ... ... ... ... ... –26.2 –11.5 –38.0 ... 25 7.6 135.3 116.2 19.1
Nepal 2.7 0.6 2.3 29.4* 11.2 –19.9 –22.0 –26.0 8,169 8,316 19.6 16.9 23.0 –6.1
Niue ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 111.0 137.3 –26.3
Pakistan 2.3 –3.8 0.1 15.2 14.2 –14.2 –27.5 –7.1 4,445 126,141 35.3 11.5 19.2 –7.8
Palau 0.47 –19.67 0.87 43.27 ... 57.3 –18.0 –45.3 ... 248 78.46 44.2 44.6 –0.5
Papua New Guinea 2.0 –0.7 3.2 ... 14.87 –7.5 –4.9 28.8 3,583 8,032 27.1 18.3 22.8 –4.4
Philippines 1.2 3.6 7.2 23.4 6.2 –4.1 –5.0 –15.1 103,753 118,833 24.3 15.7 22.0 –6.2
Samoa 0.8 –1.9 6.6 38.4 16.3 37.0 28.2 –53.9 266 312 44.7 45.5 41.7 3.8
Singapore 2.6 –2.9 2.3 21.0 4.7 –7.4 –10.9 30.8 351,031 1,858,890 475.1 18.9 19.9 –1.0
Solomon Islands 3.3 5.2 1.6 21.2 5.9 32.3 13.1 –10.0 660 193 9.4 24.7 31.2 –6.5
Sri Lanka 2.6 –9.2 –0.2 35.5* 7.3 –9.1 –8.1 –5.8 4,392 49,6787 62.0 10.2 19.0 –8.8
Taipei,China 0.9 –6.1 4.2 24.8 5.6 –10.3 –20.0 12.7 570,595 206,499 ... 12.3 13.3 –1.0
Tajikistan 11.6 15.47 13.6 35.57 –0.8 15.0 15.0 -27.8 3,3227 3,2287 26.8 31.0 31.6 –0.6
Thailand 1.9 –2.3 4.5 22.6 2.0 –1.7 –3.1 3.3 220,059 190,055 38.6 16.8 26.5 –9.7
Timor-Leste 3.0 3.2 1.4 21.9 2.7 –26.5 –5.4 –44.6 18,331 259 9.6 48.8 89.8 –41.0
Tonga 0.16 1.26 –7.66 22.5 70.87 –29.0 34.1 –46.9 3827 188 36.96 48.5 43.0 5.6
Turkmenistan ... ... ... 49.62 19.97 8.14 1.64 13.64 ... ... ... 10.8 9.9 0.9
Tuvalu 13.94 –5.64 77.04 ... ... 8.4 46.7 –56.8 119 4 4.5 110.5 109.3 1.2
Uzbekistan 4.0 6.0 6.8 40.25 12.2 13.0 25.0 -13.86 35,600 45,449 62.7 33.0 38.5 –5.5
Vanuatu –4.4 11.5 1.1 52.8* 4.1 –25.7 27.3 –39.6 703 342 29.8 36.4 34.9 1.5
Viet Nam 3.8 3.7 6.8 32.0 10.3 –4.6 –9.2 10.2 92,302 136,2136 38.96 15.9 19.9 –4.1
* = preliminary or forecast figures, $ = United States dollars, 1 = 2016 2 = 2017 3 = 2018 4 = 2019 5 = 2020 6 = 2021 7 = 2022 8 = 2023, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, .‥ = data not available from 2016 to 2023, – = magnitude equals zero, km2 = square kilometer,
LTE/WiMax = Long Term Evolution/wireless communication standard based on IEEE 802.16, g/m3 = micrograms per cubic meter.
Sources: Online databases from international organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; International Monetary Fund; International Telecommunication Union; Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development; Pacific Community; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Global Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Statistics Division; World Bank Global Database of Shared
Prosperity; World Bank Global Financial Inclusion; World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform; World Bank’s World Development Indicators; World Health Organization); ADB. 2024. Asian Development Outlook 2024. Manila; ADB. 2023. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Manila; economy sources; and staff estimates.
6–6
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