ASEAN
STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS 2023
Source: ASEAN Secretariat, UN DESA Notes:
- (…) : indicates minus or decrease
- ASEAN +3 covers ASEAN, China, Japan and Republic of Korea - ASEAN +6 covers ASEAN +3, Australia, India and New Zealand
1. Singapore refers to the resident population
2. Data is taken from UN DESA for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand; Singapore is a city-state, thus the whole population is considered living in urban area 3. The indicator is not applicable to Brunei Darussalam and Singapore; The latest available data for Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand is 2020, Lao PDR is 2018, Myanmar is 2017; Data for Malaysia refers to households living below the national poverty line while Viet Nam refer to Multidimensional Poverty Rate
4. The latest available data for Myanmar is 2019
5. The latest available data for Brunei Darussalam, Lao PDR, and Singapore is 2021, Myanmar and
Philippines is 2019, Thailand is 2018; Data for Brunei Darussalam refers to population aged 10 years and above.
6. The latest available data for Myanmar, Philippines, and Singapore is 2020 7. The latest available data for Philippines is 2017
8. The latest available data for Lao PDR is 2021, Thailand is 2020, Philippines is 2015
Collec�vely, ASEAN popula�on was the largest in the world in 2022. 3 rd
Almost half
of ASEAN popula�on were
below 30 years
of age in 2022.
nearly 9% of the World’s ASEAN popula�on is
popula�on.
233.5 671.6
1,425.9 1,412.3 337.5
million million
millionmillion million
ASEAN had experienced a strong urbanisa�on with of the
popula�on living in the ci�es in 2022, compared to only in 1967.
21%
half Evolu�on of urban popula�on
Pakistan ASEAN
China India USA
JOB
Labour, 2012-2022
Unemployment rate (%) Labour force par�cipa�on rate, both sexes (%) ASEAN Member States, 2022
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
111.7 95.4 102.2 100.4 108.8 91.6 101.9 95.5 93.1 99.5
29.7 1,528.4 22,368.5 753.2 2,374.1 4,984.5 11,108.1 178.1 3,425.9 7,561.6
28.7 1,067.7 18,456.8 347.5 2,363.7 3,916.2 6,666.2 678.1 8,546.1 8,229.5 84.5
95.4 146.9 32.2 99.4 85.4 374.2 7,688.2 129.4 317.3 445.4
16,843.3 275,719.9 7,442.8 32,698.1 55,770.2 111,572.3 5,637.0 66,090.0 99,461.7 5,270.0
176,520.0 1,877,519.0 230,800.0 328,550.0 652,670.0 298,170.0 733.2 510,890.0 313,429.0
110.4 4,337.5 67,070.3 2,072.2 8,529.7 14,212.2 29,538.8 720.1 13,072.5 21,042.5
78.3 39.2 56.6 36.3 77.2 30.2 47.4 100.0 51.4 37.6
n.a 17.8 10.1 18.3 8.4 24.8 18.1 n.a 6.8 4.4
5.2 1.0 5.9 2.4 3.9 0.5 5.4 2.8 1.3 2.1
96.5 84.7 96.4 95.2 95.7 89.1 96.3 97.6 93.8 96.1
9.9 45.1 15.0 22.3 12.3 21.0 26.6 13.9 14.4 23.1
15.3 21.3 16.3 21.5 13.5 17.8 12.4 8.6 8.1 15.7
5.9 12.0 17.2 48.1 6.1 36.5 21.0 1.8 5.2 13.6
76.4 73.3 71.9 67.0 73.4 67.1 72.7 83.0 76.2 73.6
Land area
(Sqkm) Popula�on
(000) Popula�on density (persons per
Sqkm)
Popula�on below 5 years (000)
1Popula�on 65 years and over
(000)
1Popula�on 15-29 years
(000)
1Urban popula�on
(%)
2Unemployment
rate (%)
4Adult literacy rate (%)
5Pupil-teacher ra�o in primary
school (%)
62021
Crude birth rate (births
per 1000
popula�on) 2021
expectancy Life (years)
8Infant mortality
rate (per 1000 live births)
72021 Popula�on
living below na�onal poverty
line (%)
32021 Sex ra�o
(males per 100 females)
14.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.1
3.9 3.8
3.8
5.4 5.0
4.1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
69.4
69.0
68.2 68.2
67.4
67.6 67.6
67.2
66.6 66.6 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
69.0 Land area (million sqkm)
Popula�on (million)
Popula�on density (persons per sqkm) Popula�on as % world popula�on
ASEAN+3 popula�on (million)
ASEAN+3 popula�on as % world popula�on ASEAN+6 popula�on (million)
ASEAN+6 popula�on as % world popula�on Sex ra�o (males per 100 females)
Popula�on below 5 years (million)
Popula�on 65 years and over (million) Popula�on 15-29 years (million)
Urban popula�on (%)
Popula�on living below poverty na�onal line (%), 2021 Unemployment rate (%)
Adult literacy rate (%)
Pupil-teacher ra�o in primary school (%), 2021
Crude birth rate (births per 1000 popula�on), 2021 Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births), 2021 Life expectancy (years)
4.4 671.6 152.6 8.4 2,273.3 28.5 3,721.8 46.7 100.0 54.3 50.3 160.7 50.3 13.3 4.1 95.1 18.2 14.9 17.9 72.2
ASEAN, 2022
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHY
E C O N O M Y
ASEAN economy grew by
in 2022, maintaining an average annual growth rate of during 2010-2022.
Notes:
- (…) : indicates minus or decrease
- ASEAN +3 covers ASEAN, China, Japan and Republic of Korea - ASEAN +6 covers ASEAN +3, Australia, New Zealand, and India - GDP data as of August 2023
USA CHINA JAPAN GERMANY ASEAN
In 2022, ASEAN economy reached a nominal GDP of
and the largest in Asia. US$3.6 trillion , posi�oning it as the largest in the world ASEAN nominal GDP per capita stood at
in 2022, a notable rise from 2015. US$5,395 37.6%
3,314 3,922 5,395 4.4%
2010 2015 2022
2.0T 2.5T 3.6T
2010 2015 2022
3
rd5
th5.7%
GDP at current prices (US$ trillion) GDP as % of world GDP (Nominal) GDP per capita (US$)
Share of services sector in GDP (%)
Growth rate of GDP at constant prices (%) ASEAN+3 GDP (US$ trillion)
ASEAN+3 GDP as % of world GDP (Nominal) ASEAN+6 GDP (US$ trillion)
ASEAN+6 GDP as % of world GDP (Nominal)
3.6 3.6 5,395.3 49.2 5.7 24.0 27.6 29.3 32.9
16.7 29.6
1,317.3
407.1
15.0 63.0
404.3 466.6 495.3
408.8
ASEAN, 2022
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
3.7 5.3 4.2 23.0 3.4 16.0 5.8 6.1 6.1 3.2 32.5
33.9 41.8 37.0 50.9 39.5 61.2 70.9 56.2 41.3 (1.6)
4.8 5.3 4.4 8.7 3.5 7.6 3.6 2.6 8.0 37,445.9
1,758.0 4,777.5 2,022.0 12,467.5 1,129.5 3,623.5 82,794.6 7,494.4 4,110.2 16,678.4
29,610.9 1,317,259.3 15,049.2 407,085.2 62,990.9 404,284.2 466,602.4 495,301.9 408,804.4
GDP at
current prices (US$ million)
GDP per capita
(US$)
GDP growth rate at constant
prices (%)
Share of
services sector in GDP (%)
Infla�on rate
(%)
ASEAN Member States, 2022 ASEAN GDP growth rates, 2010-2022
2020
(3.3) 3.5
5.0
6.1
5.1 4.8 5.8
5.1 5.4 5.3
4.7
3.6
5.7
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022
GDP at current prices
2020 2021 2022
GDP per capita at current prices
37.4
1.8 4.8 2.0
12.5
1.1 3.6
82.8
7.4 4.1
In US$ Billions
In percent
Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam Darussalam
2020 2021 2022
Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam Darussalam
In US$ Thousands
ASEAN achieved a trade surplus of in 2022, down from the US$ 92.6 billion surplus
recorded in 2021.
Balance of trade
ASEAN total trade in goods
increased by 14.9% reaching in 2022.
US$ 3.8 trillion
US$ 77.9 billion
ASEAN China USA EU Japan
Major trading partners
comprising 22.3% of the total ASEAN trade, surpassing trade with other partners in 2022.
Intra-ASEAN accounted for the largest share
22%
11% 8% 7%
19%
ASEAN China USA EU Japan
China ASEAN Japan USA EU
In 2022, Intra-ASEAN remained the primary export des�na�on for the region, accoun�ng for 22.9% of total exports, while China emerged as the largest importer for ASEAN, also at 22.9% .
22.9% 14.8% 14.8% 9.0% 6.8%
22.9% 21.6% 7.2% 6.9% 6.3%
Notes:
-(…) : indicates minus or decrease
-ASEAN +3 covers ASEAN, China, Japan and Republic of Korea -ASEAN +6 covers ASEAN +3, Australia, New Zealand, and India -Trade data as of May 2023
[85] Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
[27] Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes [84] Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
[39] Plastics and articles thereof
[71] Natural, cultured pearls; precious, semi-precious stones; precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof;
imitation jewellery; coin [72] Iron and steel
* Numbers may not add up to the total due to rounding
EXPORTS
IMPORTS
22.3%
18.8%
10.9%
7.7% 7.0%
Other 43.7
[HS. 39]
3.6 [HS. 39]
3.2 [HS. 84]
10.7
[HS. 27]
11.2
[HS. 85]
27.8
[HS. 72]
3.1
Other 42.1
[HS. 84]
10.0
[HS. 27]
14.8 [HS. 85]
27.1
[HS. 72]
2.9
2021 2022
Total trade (US$ billion) Total trade as % GDP
Exports of goods (US$ billion) Imports of goods (US$ billion) Balance of trade (US$ billion)
ASEAN +3 exports as % of world exports ASEAN +3 imports as % of world imports ASEAN +6 exports as % of world exports ASEAN +6 imports as % of world imports Growth rate of ASEAN trade (%)
Growth rate of export of goods (%) Growth rate of import of goods (%) Share of intra-ASEAN trade (%)
Trade balance with China (US$ billion) Trade balance with Japan (US$ billion)
Trade balance with Republic of Korea (US$ billion) Trade balance with Australia (US$ billion)
Trade balance with New Zealand (US$ billion) Trade balance with India (US$ billion)
3,847.0 106.2 1,962.4 1,884.6 77.9 28.0 24.3 31.7 28.5 14.9 14.1 15.8 22.3 (140.8) (2.2) (61.1) 3.2 3.7 28.1
ASEAN, 2022
Total trade Intra-ASEAN Extra-ASEAN
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1,927.1 2,163.5
2,001.4 2,535.2
2,808.1
3,847.0 2,990.4
1,498.6
608.1 644.7
502.9
856.6
Trade in goods, 2010-2022
In US$ billion
Exports-imports by partners
Top-5 merchandise trade commodi�es (%), 2022 ASEAN Member States, 2022
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
38.7 28.1 21.0 60.0 27.1 40.8 24.9 25.7 21.7 11.1 29.1
17.7 21.0 29.4 25.3 21.5 8.3 17.0 13.4 8.5 4,674.1
(9,247.3) 54,531.9 1,948.0 58,761.3 (419.2) (66,172.7) 39,630.0 (17,957.5) 12,120.3 9,333.2
29,997.8 237,447.2 7,615.9 298,534.4 17,384.0 145,102.4 475,243.7 305,122.8 358,788.8 14,007.3
20,750.5 291,979.1 9,563.9 357,295.6 16,964.8 78,929.7 514,873.7 287,165.3 370,909.2
Export of goods
(US$ million)
Import of goods
(US$ million)
Trade in goods balance
(US$ million)
Growth rate of exports of goods
(%)
Growth rate of imports of goods
(%)
Share of intra-ASEAN trade in goods
(%)
22.322.4 26.1 24.2 19.4 19.8 5.8 12.7 5.8 10.5
US$ 2.0 US$ 1.9
trillion
trillion
Total exports
Total imports
Exports
Imports
T R A D E I N G O O D S
Notes:
- (…) : indicates minus or decrease - Trade data as of October 2022
ASEAN’s services trade experienced a robust recovery, surging by 16.4% to reach billion in 2022, surpassing the pre-pandemic levels. US$ 933.6
US$ 466.6 467.0
billion
billion
Total export Total import
Top-5 services categories in 2022
IMPORTS EXPORTS
Other business services Telecommunica�ons, computer,
and informa�on services Transport
27.4%
Transport
36.1%
Financial services
9.1%
Travel
10.2%
Travel
10.7% 8.1%
Telecommunica�ons, computer, and informa�on services
8.8%
29.0%
Other business services
27.8% 6.1%
Charges for the use of intellectual property
Trade in services, 2012-2022
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 900
800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100
Total trade Intra-ASEAN Extra-ASEAN
In US$ billions
563.7 In US$ billion
457.2
106.4
809.4 933.6
124.2
-
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
281.6 2,317.9 23,375.9 406.1 31,880.1 2,828.1 41,070.1 291,206.3 39,548.2 33,681.8
Exports of
services (US$ million)
1,129.9 2,753.6 43,417.2 528.3 44,697.7 2,135.2 25,438.7 258,570.7 62,658.2 25,697.0
Imports of
services (US$ million)
Growth rate of services - export (%)
40.5 252.7 67.6 224.0 50.1 24.5 22.3 9.3 55.5 32.2
26.0 30.9 52.1 109.6 20.5 6.7 30.2 6.5 8.3 17.0
Growth rate of services - import (%)
ASEAN Member States, 2022 ASEAN, 2022
Total trade in services (US$ billion) Total trade in services as % GDP
Exports of services (US$ billion) Imports of services (US$ billion)
Balance of trade in services (US$ billion) Growth rate of services exports (%)
Growth rate of services imports (%)
Share of intra-ASEAN trade in services (%)
933.6 25.7 466.6 467.0 (0.4) 19.8 13.1 13.3
ASEAN Member States share, 2022
0.2% 0.5% 7.2%
0.1%
8.2%
0.5% 7.1%
58.9%
10.9%
6.4%
Brunei
Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
ASEAN exports and imports of services and trade balance (US$ billion), 2012 - 2022
70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0
30.0
-10.0 -20.0
-30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0
500.0 450.0 400.0 350.0
300.0
100.0 -50.0
0.0 250.0 200.0 150.0 287,9
467.0
466.6
275,8
Balance Export Import
-12.1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022-0.4
TRADE IN SERVICES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Notes:
-(…) : indicates minus or decrease -Foreign Direct Investment as of July 2022
* Primary consists of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, and Mining and quarrying
27.5% 0.8%
68.3%
Flows of inward direct investment to ASEAN by economic ac�vity, 2022 3.3%
Manufacturing
Services Primary* Others
ASEAN Member States, 2022
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
(29.0) 13.7 33.3 25.4 18.7 50.2 6.6 4.4 37.0 25.0 (238.9)
2.7 4.0 (40.7) 40.8 196.6 (23.2) 7.7 (32.1) 14.3 (284.4)
3,578.8 21,968.2 635.8 17,095.8 2,980.9 9,199.9 141,187.2 9,939.6 17,899.9
Total FDI inward flows
(US$ million)
Rate of growth of FDI inflows (%)
Share of intra-ASEAN
FDI (%)
Inward flows of FDI, extra and intra-ASEAN, 2012-2022
Intra-ASEAN Extra-ASEAN Total
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
196.5
92.9
23.9 27.7
224.2
116.8
2012 0
20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000 200,000
In US$ billions
Total FDI inward flows (US$billion)
Rate of growth of FDI inward flows (%) Share of intra-ASEAN FDI (%)
224.2 5.5 12.3
ASEAN, 2022
Top-5 FDI sources, 2022
16.3%
12.3%
11.9%
6.9%
10.7%
USA EU China Japan
ASEAN
With a growth of , ASEAN remained an a�rac�ve hub for investment in 2022, a�rac�ng in foreign direct investment (FDI). . 5.5% US$ 224.2 billion
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia
Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
Visitor arrivals
(000)
Share of intra-ASEAN visitor arrivals
(%)
Share of visitor arrivals from
+3 countries (%)
Share of visitor arrivals from
USA (%)
Share of visitor arrivals from
(%) EU
Internet subscribers
per 100 persons
Road length
(km)
1Paved roads
(km)
2Total road vehicles per
1000
popula�on
1Interna�onal air passenger
traffic (000)
3 2,896.015,438.0 366,301.0 13,522.8 227,941.1 46,462.7 32,767.0 3,531.0 409,931.8 - 3,102.6
67,715.0 549,161.0 59,645.8 303,016.2 140,251.8 33,212.0 3,531.0 703,594.2 639,993.0 117.8
116.3 114.9 65.0 141.3 106.7 144.0 156.5 176.3 140.0 98.1
60.2 66.5 62.0 97.4 44.0 52.7 96.0 88.0 78.6 3.5
6.5 11.3 1.5 2.2 1.2 0.0 6.3 10.9 7.6 2.7
4.1 3.1 1.4 1.1 1.3 19.0 5.1 4.1 8.7 6.4
8.8 6.2 6.0 4.4 15.5 21.4 7.6 9.9 34.6 60.1
70.4 38.7 87.1 80.8 10.8 7.1 44.2 40.6 25.0 907.6
1,058.6 251.3 n.a 7,375.0 78.3 1,519.4 1,810.5 2,506.6 104,506.3 35.7
2,276.6 5,471.3 1,291.6 10,071.0 233.5 2,653.9 6,305.7 11,153.0 3,661.2
1,066.5 33.0 454.8 418.7 1,030.5 129.3 52.4 181.2 656.6 42.8
554.0 2,278.0 12,564 288.9 1,295.7 192.5 2,590.7 3,053.0 24,269.9 7,232.7
ASEAN Member States, 2022
Cellular phone user
per 100 persons Rate of
growth of visitor arrivals
(%)
Number of visitor arrivals by ASEAN Member States (000), 2022
35.7 1,291.6
2,276.6
5,471.3 233.5
2,653.9
10,071.0
6,305.7 11,153.0
3,661.2
ASEAN, 2022
Visitor arrivals (million)
Rate of growth of visitor arrivals (%)
Share of intra-ASEAN visitor arrivals (%)
Share of visitor arrivals from +3 countries (%) Share of visitor arrivals from USA (%)
Share of visitor arrivals from EU (%) Internet subscribers per 100 persons Cellular phone users per 100 persons Road length (million km)
Paved roads (million km)
Total road vehicles per 1000 popula�on Interna�onal air passenger traffic (million)
43.2 1,363.6 49.7 10.5 4.6 7.2 74.3 127.9 2.5 1.1 4,022.8 41.8
Internet subscribers, 2022
In 2022, internet subscrip�on in ASEAN rose to out of every 100 individuals, up from in 2021.
Visitors arrivals, 2022 International air passenger, 2022
Visitor arrivals surged from
million in 2021, to million in 2022.
In 2022, ASEAN welcomed million interna�onal air passengers.
Intra and extra-ASEAN visitor arrivals (000), 2012-2022
Extra-ASEAN visitors Intra-ASEAN visitors
39,845.5
21,703.5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
49,379.8
21,450.0
Notes:
- (…) : indicates minus or decrease
1. The latest available data for Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore are 2021; Viet Nam is 2020 2. The latest available data for Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore are 2021
* Data is preliminary, data as of 16 August 2023
3. The latest available data for Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Singapore are 2021; Viet Nam is 2020 Source: ASEAN Secretariat
74.3
66.6 2.9 43.2 41.8
C O N N E C T I V I T Y
one vision one identity one community
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