Key Indicators 2016 - economic, financial, social, and environmental statistics for ADB's 48 regional members - highlights the uneven though steady growth in the region, as well as the disparities between developing Asian and Pacific countries.
Some of the report's key findings include:
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330 million people are still living on less than $1.90 (2011 PPP) a day. Approximately 1.2 billion people in Asia and the Pacific are below the poverty line of $3.10 (2011 PPP) a day.
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About 0.3 billion people in the region live without safe drinking water and about 1.5 billion lack access to proper sanitation.
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Nine in ten people now have access to electricity in Asia and the Pacific.
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Broadband internet subscriptions increased in 45 out of 47 reporting economies between 2000 and 2015, but 58% of the region’s population remains unconnected to the internet.
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The GDP share of manufacturing increased in 16 out of 48 ADB member countries from 2000 to 2015.
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In nearly three-quarters of the economies of Asia and Pacific, the service sector accounts for more than 50% of GDP based on latest data.
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Asia and the Pacific generated two-fifths of global GDP (in 2011 purchasing power parity terms) in 2015.
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There are remarkable disparities across economies: In 2011 purchasing power parity terms, Singapore’s per capita GDP is 44 times that of Solomon Islands.
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The region accounts for roughly 45% of global energy use according to latest available data.
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Over the past decade, the region’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions grew faster than the global average.
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Government spending on health as a percentage of GDP has increased in about two-thirds of the region’s economies since 2000.
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The average number of days required to start a business in developing Asia and the Pacific declined from 45 days in 2005 to 20 days in 2015.
