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The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific publication presents data regarding the economic, financial, social, and environmental situations in a broad range of countries across Asia and the Pacific.
This report showcases the role that technology can play in improving the quality, timeliness, and frequency of agricultural statistics in Asia and the Pacific.
Asia and the Pacific accounted for 42.6% of global GDP at purchasing power parity in 2017, up from 30.1% in 2000. Around 780 million people from the region moved out of extreme poverty from 2002 to 2013.
Asia and the Pacific accounted for 40.9% of global GDP in 2016, up from 29.4% in 2000. The People’s Republic of China, India, and Japan accounted for about 70% of the region’s total output in 2016.
これは、アジアの開発途上国における交通、電力、通信、水道・衛生などのインフラを調査し、2030年までに必要とされるインフラ需要への投資についてまとめた報告書のハイライト(主要点)である。
This report examines developing Asia's infrastructure—defined as transport, power, telecommunications, water supply, and sanitation. It looks at the region's investments in infrastructure, and what will be needed through 2030.
The Key Indicators 2016 report highlights the uneven though steady growth in the region, as well as the disparities between developing Asian and Pacific economies.
Asia and the Pacific generated more than 40% of global GDP while the People's Republic of China and India accounted for nearly 70% of the region’s output.
Extreme poverty in Asia could fall to 1.4% by 2030. Risks include food costs, natural disasters, climate change, economic crises, and other shocks. About 1.75 billion people in Asia live in extreme poverty based on $1.51 per person per day.
The Asia and Pacific region accounts for over half of the global population, more than one-third of global GDP and about a third of world exports. Two years before the MDG deadline in 2015, the region continues to make progress.
From 1980 to 2010, Asia added more than a billion people to its cities with a further billion expected by 2040. Already, the three most densely populated cities in the world (Mumbai, Kolkata, and Karachi) are in Asia.