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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2008 Release date: 21 April 2009 You can access the Yearbook below by chapter, or use the right-hand menu to download the whole publication. Table of contents   Preface Acknowledgements Overview 1. Demographic trends Table 1.1 Population Table 1.2 Birth and death Table 1.3 Children and elderly Table 1.4 Women and girls Table 1.5 Fertility Table 1.6 Life expectancy 2. Urbanization Table 2.1 Urbanization Table 2.2 Density 3. International migration Table 3.1 International migration 4. Child health Table 4.1 Child health Table 4.2 Child immunization, one-year-olds 5. Maternal and reproductive health Table 5.1 Maternal mortality and antenatal care Table 5.2 Reproductive health 6. Gender equality Table 6.1 Women in national parliaments Table 6.2 Gender equality in the labour market Table 6.3 Employment by sector and gender Table 6.4 Employment by status and gender 7. HIV/AIDS Table 7.1 HIV/AIDS prevalence, prevention and treatment Table 7.2 AIDS deaths 8. Other major infectious diseases Table 8.1 Malaria Table 8.2 Tuberculosis 9. Health risks and causes of death Table 9.1 Causes of deaths Table 9.2 Tobacco and alcohol consumption 10. Financial and human resources for health Table 10.1 Financial resources for health Table 10.2 Financial, human and other resources on health 11. Access to water and sanitation Table 11.1 Access to water Table 11.2 Access to sanitation 12. Participation in education Table 12.1 Primary education Table 12.2 Secondary and tertiary education Table 12.3 Gender parity in education 13. Educational outcomes Table 13.1 Children reaching grade 5 and literacy 14. Financial and human resources for education Table 14.1 Pupil-teacher ratio Table 14.2 Financial resources for education Table 14.3 Public expenditure on education 15. Economic growth Table 15.1 Gross domestic product (GDP) Table 15.2 Gross domestic product per capita Table 15.3 Domestic investment Table 15.4 Value added by sector Table 15.5 Change in value added by sector 16. Employment Table 16.1 Employment and labour productivity Table 16.2 Employment by sector Table 16.3 Employment to population ratio Table 16.4 Unemployment rate Table 16.5 Youth unemployment rate Table 16.6 Employment by status 17. Poverty and inequality Table 17.1 Poverty Table 17.2 Inequalities 18. Information and communication technology Table 18.1 Fixed and mobile phones Table 18.2 Internet 19. Transport Table 19.1 Railway and maritime freight and passenger traffic Table 19.2 Railways and roads infrastructure Table 19.3 Asian highway Table 19.4 Passenger car and traffic casualties Table 19.5 Energy consumption by type of transport 20. Financing for development Table 20.1 Inward foreign direct investment Table 20.2 Outward foreign direct investment Table 20.3 Workers' remittances Table 20.4 Official development assistance Table 20.5 Net external debt Table 20.6 Debt service 21. International trade Table 21.1 Merchandise trade Table 21.2 Merchandise trade as a share of GDP Table 21.3 Growth in international trade Table 21.4 International trade in services Table 21.5 Changes in shares of transport and travel in total services trade Table 21.6 Regional export concentration Table 21.7 Intraregional trade 22. Fiscal balance Table 22.1 Fiscal balance 23. Inflation and interest rates Table 23.1 Inflation and interest rates Table 23.2 Exchange rates 24. Tourism Table 24.1 Tourism 25. Forests and protected areas Table 25.1 Protected areas Table 25.2 Forest areas Table 25.3 Primary, modified and plantation forest 26. Air and water pollution Table 26.1 Carbon dioxide emissions Table 26.2 Ozone-depleting substances Table 26.3 Other pollutants 27. Water use Table 27.1 Water resources and domestic use Table 27.2 Water use by sector sector 28. Energy supply and use Table 28.1 Energy use Table 28.2 Energy use by sector Table 28.3 Energy balances Table 28.4 Electricity production and household consumption 29. Natural disasters Table 29.1 Natural disasters, mortality Table 9.2 Natural disasters, affected populations Table 29.3 Natural disasters, economic damage Statistical Methods References List of abbreviations and acronyms List of online data sources   Statistics Division Download   The Yearbook (2.9MB)   Table of contents Buy a Copy Send Feedback: Readership Questionnaire Online Database   Media coverage Other Publications Contact Us

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