Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2016

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The Key Indicators presents key statistics on development issues concerning Asia and the Pacific and includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for ADB's 48 regional members.

Part I of this issue presents the current status of economies of Asia and the Pacific with respect to the Sustainable Development Goals based on selected indicators from the global indicator framework. Part II comprises statistical indicators that capture economic, financial, social, and environmental developments. Part III presents key statistics and stylized facts on the phenomenon of global value chains.

Other key findings include:

• Approximately 1.2 billion people in Asia and the Pacific are below the poverty line of $3.10 (2011 PPP) a day.
• About 1.5 billion lack access to proper sanitation.
• 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.
• The gross domestic product (GDP) share of manufacturing increased in 16 out of 48 ADB member economies from 2000 to 2015.
• 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.
• Asia and the Pacific generated two-fifths of global GDP (in 2011 purchasing power parity terms) in 2015. 
• There are remarkable disparities across economies: In 2011 purchasing power parity terms, Singapore’s per capita GDP is 44 times that of Solomon Islands.
• The region accounts for roughly 45% of global energy use according to latest available data.
• Over the past decade, the region’s total greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than the global average.
• Government spending on health as a percentage of GDP has increased in about two-thirds of the region’s economies since 2000.
• 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.

Statistics by Economy

These tables for the 48 ADB regional member economies contain information on a wide range of statistical indicators on population, labor force, national accounts, production and price indexes, energy, money and banking, government finance, external trade, balance of payments, international reserves, exchange rates, and external indebtedness. Data on the labor force and national accounts have been updated to provide more disaggregated data across economic sectors consistent with the United Nations System of National Accounts 2008. Balance-of-payments data have also been updated in line with the sixth edition of the International Monetary Fund’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual.