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The Basic Statistics brochure presents data on selected social, economic, and SDG indicators such as population, poverty, annual growth rate of gross domestic product, inflation, and government finance for economies in Asia and the Pacific.
Basic Statistics 2025 presents data for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific on development indicators tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Basic Statistics 2024 presents data for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific on development indicators tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Basic Statistics 2023 presents data for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific on development indicators tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Basic Statistics 2022 presents data for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific on development indicators tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Basic Statistics 2021 presents data for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific on development indicators tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Basic Statistics 2020 presents development indicators for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific, including new data on economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Basic Statistics 2019 presents development indicators for 46 economies in Asia and the Pacific, including Niue as the newest member of the Asian Development Bank.
Basic Statistics 2018 contains development indicators for 45 economies in the Asia and Pacific region. The publication covers selected core indicators such as international and national poverty rates, inflation, and current account balance.
Basic Statistics 2017 contains development indicators for 45 economies in the Asia and Pacific Region. The publication covers selected indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Basic 2016 statistics covers social and economic indicators for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, such as GDP rate, inflation rate, current account balance, the percentage of population below the poverty line, and others.
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