“Development and the Quality of Life in SEA”

Basic Socio-Economic Indicators of SEA Countries

USA Brunei Burma Camb. Indon. Laos Malay. Philip. Singp. Thai. Viet.

1. Population (Millions), 284 .345 48 12 214 5 24 77 4 61 80

Mid 2001

2. Urban Population 77.2 72.2 27.7 16.9 41.0 19.3 57.4 58.6 100 19.8 24.1

2000, %

3. Annual Population 1.0 2.9 1.8 2.5 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.7 2.0

Growth Rate, 75-2000 %

4. Human Development .94 .86 .55 .54 .68 .49 .78 .75 .89 .76 .69

Index, 2000

Life Expectancy at Birth 76 76 56 56 66 54 73 69 78 70 68

2000

5. Combined first, second,

& third level enrollment

ratio 1999

Female 99 77 55 54 61 52 67 84 75 61 64

Male 91 76 55 71 68 65 64 80 76 60 69

6. Secondary School 100 82 54 39 56 63 64 78 76 48 55

Enrollment as % of

Age Group, 1997

7. GDP per Capita, 2000 34.1 16.7 1.0 1.4 3.0 1.5 9.0 3.9 23.3 6.4 1.9

(thousands, ppp $)

8. Income Share, Lowest 5 3 N.A. 7 8 10 5 5 3 6 8

20% of Households,

late 1990s %

9. Income Share, N.A. 48 N.A. 34 30 26 38 37 N.A. 32 30

Highest 10% of

Households, late

1990s %

10. Average Annual Growth, 2.2 -0.7 4.8 2.0 2.5 3.9 4.4 1.1 4.7 3.3 6.0

GDP, 90-00, % per capita

11. GDP, 2000 9,837 4.8 N.A. 3.2 153.3 1.7 89.7 74.7 92.3 122.2 31.3

(billions, US$)

12. GDP Deflator 2.0 N.A. 25.2 21.7 15.8 28.4 3.6 8.2 1.3 3.9 14.0

Ave. Annual Rate of

Growth, 90-01, %

Source: World Development Report, 2001-2002; Human Development Report, 2002; J. Funston (Ed.), Government and Politics in Southeast Asia (Singapore: ISEAS, 2001).

Professor Dwight King

Department of Political Science