UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
Basic Economic Indicators
World Bank, 1995 statistics
Nation/Region
GNP per capita*
PPP estimates of GNP
Avg. ann.
per capita**
per capita** Dollars
growth (%)
US=100
Current Int'l $
1995
1985-95
1987
1995
1995
East Asia China
620
8.3
6.3
10.8
2,920
Hong Kong
22,990^
4.8
70.7
85.1
22,950^
Japan
39,640
2.9
75.3
82
22,110
Mongolia
310
-3.8
10.6
7.2
1,950
South Korea
9,700
7.7
27.3
42.4
11,450
Southeast Asia Cambodia
270
….
….
….
….
Indonesia
980
6
9.8
14.1
3,800
Laos
350
2.7
….
….
….
Malaysia
3,890
5.7
22.9
33.4
9,020
Papua New Guinea
1,160
2.3
8.5
9
2,420^^
Philippines
1,050
1.5
10.3
10.6
2,850
Singapore
26,730
6.2
56.1
84.4
22,770^^
Thailand
2,740
8.4
16.2
28
7,540
Viet Nam
240
….
….
….
….
South Asia Bangladesh
204
2.1
4.8
5.1
1,380
India
340
3.2*^
4.4
5.2
1,400
Nepal
200
2.4
4
4.3
1,170^^
Pakistan
460
1.2
8.4
8.3
2,230
Sri Lanka
700
2.6
10.6
12.1
3,250
*Gross national product (GNP) measures the total domestic and foreign income claimed by the residents of the economy. GNP per capita is the GNP in current U.S. dollars as divided by the mid-year population.
**Purchasing power parity (PPP) allows comparisons of prices and real GNP expenditures across countries. PPPs can be thought of as the exchange rate of dollars for goods in the local economy.
^Data refer to gross domestic product (GDP).
^^The estimate is based on regression.
*^GDP growth rates were revised after the statistics for this publication were finalized.
Source: Data compiled from World Bank World Development Indicators. Available from <http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/data.htm>
