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Table 5.1: Road Indicators Network


Table 5.2: Road Indicators Vehicles
Table 5.3: Road Indicators Safety
Table 5.4 : Rail Indicators
Table 5.5 : Railways, Passengers Carried, and Goods Transported
Table 5.6 : Air Transport
Table 5.7 : Container Port Traffic
Communications

Table 5.8 : Telephone and Internet Subscriptions


Table 5.9 : Telephone and Internet Subscription

Transport and Communications


Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.1: Road Indicators Network

Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Roads, Total Network


(thousand kilometers)
Latest Year
Growth Ratea

Road Density
(kilometers of road per thousand
square kilometers of land
Latest Year

42.2 (2006)
7.7 (2010)
52.9 (2006)
20.3 (2007)
96.8 (2009)
34.0 (2007)
258.4 (2009)
27.8 (2001)
24.0 (2001)
81.6 (2001)

4.5
0.0
0.1
-0.4
-2.6
3.5
2.3
-0.7
1.1
1.1

64.6 (2006)
270.5 (2010)
640.7 (2006)
292.5 (2007)
35.9 (2009)
177.3 (2007)
335.1 (2009)
198.4 (2000)
51.1 (2000)
191.8 (2000)

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

3860.8 (2009)
2.1 (2009)
105.0 (2009)
49.3 (2002)
42.0 (2012)

6.4
1.7
3.3
1.3
4.2

413.9 (2009)
1967.4 (2009)
1081.2 (2009)
31.7 (2002)
1161.0 (2012)

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

239.2 (2003)
8.1 (2003)
4109.6 (2008)
0.1 (2005)
19.9 (2008)
97.3 (2003)

1.9
10.0
4.1

6.1
0.3

1837.8 (2003)
200.9 (2003)
1382.2 (2008)
293.3 (2005)
138.6 (2008)
1551.4 (2003)

3.0 (2008)
38.3 (2004)
476.3 (2009)
39.6 (2009)
90.1 (2006)
27.0 (2005)
200.0 (2003)
3.4 (2009)
180.1 (2006)
160.1 (2007)

6.2
0.5
2.7
5.6
3.3
0.5
1.7
1.0
5.9
3.0

564.0 (2008)
216.7 (2004)
262.9 (2009)
171.4 (2009)
300.5 (2004)
41.3 (2005)
670.9 (2003)
4794.3 (2009)
352.4 (2006)
516.3 (2007)

...
3.4 (2001)
0.7 (2001)
...
0.2 (2001)
...
...

1.1

...
188.3 (2000)
827.2 (2000)
...
342.9 (2000)
...
...

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau

Papua New Guinea


Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

19.6 (2001)
2.3 (2001)
1.4 (2001)
...
0.7 (2001)
...
1.1 (2001)

0.5

1.3

43.3 (2000)
279.2 (1998)
49.7 (2000)
...
944.4 (2000)
...
87.8 (2000)

817.1 (2009)
1207.9 (2009)
94.3 (2010)

0.0
0.4
0.1

106.4 (2009)
3313.8 (2009)
358.0 (2010)

= data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed.
a

Average compound annual growth rate since 1995 for Samoa and Tonga; 1994 for Azerbaijan and the Philippines; 1991 for Bang

Sources: International Road Federation, World Road Statistics 2012; ADB estimates; for Taipei,China: Council for Economic Plannin

Road Density
oad per thousand
e kilometers of land area)
Growth Ratea

Paved Roads
(% of total roads)
Latest Year
Growth Ratea

Access to an
All-Season Road
(% of rural population)
Latest Year

0.0

-0.4

2.3
-0.7
1.2
1.2

29.3 (2006)
93.6 (2009)
50.6 (2006)
94.1 (2007)
88.5 (2009)
91.1 (2001)
65.4 (2006)
82.7 (1995)
81.2 (2001)
87.3 (2001)

5.1
-0.3
-5.0
0.0
2.5
0.1
1.2
2.9
0.9
0.9

...
...
67.0 (2002)
...
...
75.6 (1998)
61.3 (2004)
73.7 (2003)
...
57.0 (2000)

1.7
3.4
1.3
4.2

53.5 (2008)
100.0 (2010)
79.3 (2009)
3.5 (2002)
...

-1.6

0.5
-8.5

...
...
...
36.0 (2003)
...

1.9

4.1

0.3

9.5
2003
62.0 (2003)
49.5 (2008)
100.0 (2005)
53.9 (2008)
81.0 (2003)

2.3
-1.7
0.3

2.0
8.0

37.0 (2000)
47.0 (2003)
60.0 (2001)
...
17.2 (2003)
...

0.5
2.7

0.5
1.7
0.7
5.9
3.3

81.1 (2008)
6.3 (2004)
56.9 (2009)
13.7 (2009)
82.8 (2006)
11.9 (2005)
9.9 (2003)
100.0 (2009)
98.5 (2000)
47.6 (2007)

5.4
-1.2
1.2
-2.9
1.1
0.6
-5.6
0.2
5.9
4.2

...
80.7 (2003)
...
64.4 (2002)
...
...
...
...
...
83.5 (2004)

1.2

...
49.2 (2001)
...
...
17.5 (2001)
...
...

0.9

0.9

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

0.6

1.4

3.5 (2001)
14.2 (2001)
2.4 (2001)
...
27.0 (2001)
...
23.9 (2001)

0.8
-16.5
1.4

0.9

0.0
0.4
0.1

43.5 (2009)
80.1 (2009)
66.2 (2010)

1.1
0.8
0.8

ines; 1991 for Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka; and 1990 for the rest of the regional members.

or Economic Planning and Development.

68.0 (1997)
...
...
89.5 (2001)
...
...
...

...
...
...

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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
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Table 5.2: Road Indicators Vehicles

Numbe
Regional Member

Total
(thousands)

Developing Member Economies


Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

(per 1000
people)

731.4
300.1
982.6
736.5 (2011)
3250.0
430.3
7853.0
357.9

28.1
92.3
108.5
166.0
199.2
79.4
45.3
47.0

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,Chinaa

207061.3

19710.8
366.0
22346.4 (2012)

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

1624.9
57.6 (2011)
114952.0 (2009)
50.1 (2011)
1178.9 (2011)
3954.3

155.0

398.9
133.6
958.4

10.9
81.4
98.6
123.2
44.3
191.5

349.3
1652.5
72693.0
1008.8
20188.6
2326.6 (2011)
6634.9
945.8
28484.8
33166.4

903.0
115.5
305.9
161.2
706.2
38.5
71.9
186.3
432.1
381.5

9.4
77.6 (2011)
1.6
1.9
8.3

398.3
90.9
15.7
34.9
81.1

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodiab
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Namc
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru

Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

5.8

15.0
16.8
9.7
5.8

5.2 (2011)

16061.1
89871.1
3227.0

318.7

80.3
31.8
9.1
56.5

20.5

729.0
701.7
738.8

... = data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero.


a
b
c

Combination of trucks and wagon in the category "Heavy Trucks."


Data for vehicle types do not add up to total.
Includes 439,644 destroyed or unacounted vehicles.

Sources: World Health Organization; ADB staff estimates; for Taipei,China: Council for Economic Planning and Development.

Number of Registered Vehicles in 2010


By Type
Cars and FourWheeled

Two- to Three-Wheeled Heavy Trucks

Buses

Others

471804
247723
815683
610537
2686748
400838
1849229
297341

84507
28
1643
2585
64103
7744
4506948
8480

120082
40924
118460
106119
287509

216119
37395

54644
11396
29569
17229
93956
21732
198790
14653

391
20
17198

117650

1081936

13631769

6091324

1825474

15139628

3203808

1023486

1049725

31098

60862

529215
37538
15313000
6539
133992
619500

975682
9094
82402000
41095
891018
2630375

81561
7116
6041000
2299
47930
296692

38101
277
1486000
119
35100
84280

303
3593
9710000

70871
323464

244267
8148330
167882
9114920
269423
2770591

9887706
556945

1372525
60152752
812629
9441907
1911040
3482149

17322538
31452503

32775
3296315
2825
966177
65579
347182

816844
552244

3240
1095554
25452
69149
21578
34933

137943
97468

596412
59019

319798
67607

4470

975
1715
7356

4849

480
37
96

55
747

25

163
85
138

95

Planning and Development.

13491

1684
4411

3974

153

7370
62

118

1028

586
1285

227

293

20
48

834

14729873

2979000

660107

113000

397871

112000

86367

8300

186880

14700

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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
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Table 5.3: Road Indicators Safety
Estimated Road Traffic Deaths in
2010

Road Use

Regional Member
Total
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

FourWheeled
Vehicle

Death Rate
(per
100,000 population)

Two- to ThreeWheeled Vehicle

558
1202
685
3514
1022
30131
1244

18
13
16
22
19
17
18

54.1
62.6

68.4
21.7
16.1
53.0

2.4
0.6
38.6

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

275983

6784
491

21

14
18

22.6

24.9
39.7

34.5

19.7
18.7

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

17289
96
231027
6
4787
2854

12
13
19
2
16
14

60.8
15.5
50.0

67.5

2.5
32.4
33.3

2431
42434
1266
7085
7177
8499
259
26312
21651

17
18
20
25
15
9
5
38
25

11.8
6.1
14.6
26.0
26.2

8.8
13.3

66.6
35.7
74.4
58.7
22.9

46.1
73.5

10

100.0

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.3: Road Indicators Safety
Estimated Road Traffic Deaths in
2010

Road Use

Regional Member
Total
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

... = data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero.


Source: World Health Organization.

FourWheeled
Vehicle

Death Rate
(per
100,000 population)

6
4
2

30
79
219
6

39

6
7
2

15

16
15
20
6

16

16.7
25.0

100.0

22.2

50.0

33.3

Two- to ThreeWheeled Vehicle

33.3

16.7

1363
6625
398

6
5
9

67.9
31.2
69.1

16.4
17.7
13.3

Road Users Deaths in 2010


(%)
Cyclists

Pedestrian

Others

0.7
0.3
0.4
0.2

4.6

43.9
36.0
25.0
24.4
17.7
40.9
42.1

2.0
0.8
74.7
4.4
59.8
4.4
0.2

10.4

5.3
0.2

25.0

37.8
25.1

7.6

12.3
16.3

4.6

5.1
8.7
16.7

32.5

31.7
38.7

4.0
1.7
1.3
2.8
8.6

8.3
3.0

12.0
21.1
6.3
9.1
26.5

28.5
7.8

5.7
35.4
3.4
3.4
15.9

8.3
2.5

Road Users Deaths in 2010


(%)
Cyclists

Pedestrian

Others

50.0
75.0

44.4

33.3

66.7

33.3

2.9
16.2
2.7

12.8
34.6
9.3

0.1
0.3
5.6

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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
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Table 5.4 : Rail Indicators
Rail Lines
(total route, kilometers)

Regional Member
1990
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

2000

Rail Network, Length per Land Area


(kilometers per thousand square kilometers)

2012

1990

2000

2012

...
29.0
25.0
22.5
5.3
2.2
10.1
4.4
6.6
9.9

...
845
...
1583
14465
...
8775
...
...
...

...
842
2116
1562
13545
...
7791
...
2529 (2005)
3645

826
2068
1566 (2011)
14319
417
7791
621
3115
4192

...
29.7
...
22.8
5.4
...
11.4
...
...
...

...
29.7
25.6
22.7
5.0
...
10.1
...
5.4 (2005)
8.6

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

53378
...
3091
1920
1105

58656
...
3123
1810
1190

66298

3650
1818
1764

5.7
...
31.7
1.2
73.0

6.2
...
31.6
1.2
79.0

7.1
...
37.6
1.2
108.0

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

2746
...
62367
...
...
1453

2768
...
62759
...
...
1449 (2004)

2835

64460

1463 (2008)

21.1
...
20.9
...
...
23.2

21.3
...
21.1
...
...
23.1

21.8
...
21.7
...
...
23.3

...
600
...
...
1668
3336
479
...
3861
2832

...
601
3370
...
1622
3336 (1991)
491
...
4103
3142

650 (2005)
4684

2250
...
479 (2008)

5327
2347

...
3.4
...
...
5.1
4.9
1.6
...
7.3
8.7

...
3.4
1.9
...
4.9
...
1.6
...
7.9
8.7

...
3.7
2.6
...
6.8
...
1.6
...
10.4
7.6

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

6612
20254
4029

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

9499
20165
3913 (1999)

8615 (2011)
20140
...

0.9
55.8
15.3

1.2
55.3
14.9 (1999)

= data not available at cutoff date.


Sources: World Bank. World Development Indicators Online. http://search.worldbank.org/data?qterm=rail+indicators (accessed 9 June 2014); ADB staff estimates; for
Taipei,China: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/data/dgbas03/bs2/yearbook_eng/y123.pdf

1.1
55.3
...

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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
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Table 5.5 : Railways, Passengers Carried, and Goods Transported
Passengers Carried
(million passenger-km)

Regional Member
1990
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

...
316
791 (1995)
1969
19734
...
19964
...
...
5368 (1994)

2000

...
47
493
453
10215
45 (2006)
18495
50 (2005)
1286 (2005)
2163

Goods Transported
(million ton-km)

2010

...
50
917
655
15448
99
24731
33
1811
2905

2012

...
50
591
641 (2011)
18498
76
20619
24
1811
3025

1990

2000

...
4884
37288
15477
406963
...
5709
10657
...
18868 (1994)

...
354
5770
3912
124983
715 (2006)
3754
1326
8670 (2005)
15441

2010

...
346
8250
6228
213174
738
6187
808
11992
22282

2012

...
346
8212
6055 (2011)
235846
923
1757
555
11992
22482

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

263530
...
29863
570
8323

441468
...
28097
1070
12624

791158
...
33027
1220
20931

795639
...
21603
1399
24208

1060100
...
13663
5088
...

1333606
...
10803
4293
...

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

4587
...
295644
...
...
2781

3941
...
430666
...
...
3175 (1999)

7305
...
903465
...
...
4767 (2008)

7305
...
978508
...
...
...

651
...
235785
...
...
164

777
...
305201
...
...
88

...
34
9290
...
1840
3702
341
...
11612
1913

...
45
16196 (1998)
...
1312
...
171
...
9935
3200

...
45 (2005)
14344 (2008)
...
1527
4163 (2006)
83 (2006)
...
8037
4378

...
...
20283
...
3293
...
...
...
7504
4558

...
24
3190
...
1404
388
12
...
3291
847

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

1500
244235
...

...
244591
...

22579
26803
2744

34050
22313
4078

64172
20432
...

59649
20255
...

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

1093 (1997)
237551
370 (1991)

1265
240793
(1999)

...
92
4960 (1998)
...
907
...
...
...
3384
1902

2451185
...
9452
10287
...

2518310
...
9996
11418
...

710
...
600548
...
...
135 (2008)

710
...
625723
...
...
...

...
92 (2005)
4390 (2008)
...
1384
885 (2006)
1 (2004)
...
3161
3901

...
...
7166
...
3071
...
...
...
2455
3959

... = data not available at cutoff date; = magnitude equals zero; km = kilometer.
Sources: World Bank. World Development Indicators Online. http://search.worldbank.org/data?qterm=rail+indicators&language=&format= (accessed 9 June 2014); for Taipei,China: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics.
http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/data/dgbas03/bs2/yearbook_eng/y123.pdf

Transport and Communications


Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.6 : Air Transport

Regional Member
1990
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Carrier Departure Worldwide


(number of takeoffs)
2000

2012

1990

5300
2200 (1996)
22200 (1993)
1300 (1994)
5900 (1993)
10400 (1993)
66100
3200 (1994)
12500 (1994)
15600 (1994)

3409
4406
8012
1906
8041
6051
63956
3953
21858
30075

17775
6043
16597
3487
44970
7719
67208
6799
1441
24328

9.4
11.8
19.9
1.8
32.2
0.7
420.5
2.5
2.3
36.7

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China

196000
124500 (1991)
120100
9800 (1991)
251823

572921
79182
226910
6200
586560

2779741
185536
285000
9611
404695

818.3
2325.3
2459.4
1.2
0.7

South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

13000
600
125800
800
25800
7900

6313
1138
198426
5970
12130
5206

20778
2738
660862
...
34745
35940

69.5
...
662.9
...
11.2
93.4

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam

4400
...
205400
3400
130500
13800
70100
30500
69500
1800

12739
4648 (2002)
159027
6411
169263
10329
44547
71042
101591
28999

10327
5244
528842
15836
343518
32354
241699
154429
252369
141913

9.9
...
458.6
0.8
574.2
1.1
316.0
1652.5
661.0
...

...
23500
2900
3300
...
...
...

...
57776
3200 (1998)
2324
...
...
...

...
16011
...
...
...
...
...

...
5.1
0.8
2.5
...
...
...

The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau

Papua New Guinea


Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

62400
6500 (1996)
11100
...
4300
...
300

255900
476000
128300

27512
10877
11481
...
3814
...
1402

37310
...
6660
...
...
...
17834

14.8
1.5
1.2
...
...
...
0.1

382514
645087
240046

611472
874677
211624

1222.3
5068.8
325.1

= data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed, km = kilometer.

Sources: World Bank. World Development Indicators Online. http://search.worldbank.org/data?qterm=air+transport&language=&format= (


General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/data/dgbas03/bs2/yearbook_eng/y125.pdf

(1996)
(1992)
(1994)
(1992)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(1992)

(1992)
(1991)

Freight
(million ton-km)
2000

Passenger Carried
(thousands)
2000

2012

1990

8
8.8
47.2
2.0
11.8
3.7
340.3
2.0
11.9
79.6

116.7
3.0
13.0
0.8
49.2
0.8
277.0
8.5
2.8
110.7

241
358 (1996)
1455 (1992)
170 (1994)
5273 (1992)
464 (1993)
5180
783 (1993)
748 (1993)
4033 (1992)

150
298
546
118
461
241
5294
168
1284
1745

1738
365
1560
189
4207
495
7747
847
148
2594

3900.1
5111.5
7651.3
8.4
1.2

15568.8
9499.1
12290.7
9.5
1.1

16596
5957 (1992)
15685
616 (1991)
18723

61892
14378
34331
254
46430

318476
32247
39970
626
43547

193.9

547.7
13.2
17.0
255.7

114.8
0.5
1713.0
...
5.8
405.4

1044
8
10862
9
679
892

1331
34
17299
315
643
1756

2430
180
70501
...
777
4616

140.2
4.1 (2002)
408.5
1.7
1863.8
0.8
289.9
6004.9
1712.9
117.3

116.4
0.1
1008.4
1.0
1944.0
3.5
533.3
7507.1
2758.4
485.1

307
...
9223
115
10242
319
5639
7046
8201
89

864
125 (2002)
9916
211
16561
438
5756
16704
17392
2878

1064
380
77157
878
39165
1540
27758
29067
35725
17053

...
90.8
0.8 (1998)
0.2
...
...
...

...
90.9
...
...
...
...
...

...
433
25
66
...
...
...

...
586
28 (1998)
16
...
...
...

...
1225
...
...
...
...
...

2012

(1996)
(1993)

22.3
2.2
1.0
...
0.0
...
1.8

28.5
...
3.0
...
...
...
0.2

1730.7
8672.0
817.1

2731.1
7035.9
927.1

= (accessed 9 June 2014); for Taipei,China: Directorate-

931
270 (1996)
69
...
35
...
19

17553
76224
5866

1100
164
75
...
52
...
102

1630
...
138
...
...
...
256

32578
109123
10781

65158
98908
14146

Transport and Communications


Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.7 : Container Port Traffic
(thousands)
Container Port Traffic
Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau

(teu)
2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
1686
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
1777
...
...
...

...
...
...
185
...
...
1936
...
...
...

...
...
...
254
...
...
1938
...
...
...

41000
...
9030
...
...

67245
22602
15113
...
...

84811
23539
15514
...
...

103823
23998
17086
...
...

115942
24494
17418
...
...

456
...
2451
...
...
1733

809
...
4982
...
...
2455

902
...
6141
...
...
3079

978
...
7398
48
...
3687

1091
...
7672
54
...
3687

...
...
3798
...
4642
...
3032
17100
3179
1190

...
...
5503
...
12198
...
3634
23192
5115
2537

...
...
4316
...
13419
...
3676
24792
5574
3000

...
253
6583
...
14829
170
4351
28768
6339
4009

90
259
7405
...
16094
180
4471
30891
6726
4394

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

Papua New Guinea


Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

282
...
...
...
...
...
...

255
...
...
...
...
...
...

3543
13100
1067

5191
17055
1603

5742
18470
1807

6290
19165
2312

6102
18944
2318

= data not available at cutoff date, teu = twenty foot equivalent units.

Sources: World Bank. World Development Indicators Online. http://search.worldbank.org/data?qterm=rail+indicators&language=&fo

Container Port Traffic


(teu)
2009

2010

2011

2012

...
...
...
182
...
...
2058
...
...
...

...
...
...
226
...
...
2149
...
...
...

...
...
...
239
...
...
2193
...
...
...

...
...
...
249
...
...
2281
...
...
...

108800
21040
15700
...
...

130290
23699
18543
...
...

143897
24384
20834
...
...

155017
23100
21454
...
...

1182
...
8014
56
...
3464

1356
...
9753
65
...
4000

1432
...
9979
69
...
4263

1489
...
9826
71
...
4433

86
208
7255
...
15923
164
4307
26593
5898
4937

99
224
8483
...
18267
190
4947
29179
6649
5984

105
237
8966
...
20139
201
5264
30728
7171
6335

109
246
9325
...
20867
209
5721
32422
7372
6589

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...

262
...
...
...
...
...
...

295
...
...
...
...
...
...

314
...
...
...
...
...
...

326
...
...
...
...
...
...

6200
16286
2325

6668
18098
2463

7012
19418
2517

7183
18476
2799

rg/data?qterm=rail+indicators&language=&format= (accessed 9 June 2014).

Transport and Communications


Communications
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.8 : Telephone and Internet Subscriptions

Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau

Fixed Telephone Lines


(thousands)
2000
2013

2000

29.0
533.4
801.2
508.8
1834.2
376.1
3053.5
218.5
364.4
1655.0

95.8
578.4
1757.9
1201.2
4384.4
461.3
6370.9
425.0
602.0
2000.0

25.0
17.5
420.4
194.7
197.3
9.0
306.5
1.2
7.5
53.1

144829.0
3925.8
25863.0
117.5
12642.2

266985.0
4538.5
30333.1
175.7
16597.5

85260.0
5447.3
26816.4
154.6
17873.8

491.3
14.1
32436.1
24.4
266.9
767.4

1138.9
26.5
28894.2
22.6
851.2
2706.8

279.0
2.3
3577.1
7.6
10.2
430.2

80.5
30.9
6662.6
40.9
4628.0
271.4
3061.4
1946.0
5591.1
2542.7

56.7
420.9
40165.0
678.7
4535.8
534.8
3148.8
1970.8
6058.0
9289.0

95.0
130.5
3669.3
12.7
5121.7
13.4
6454.4
2747.4
3056.0
788.6

...
86.4
3.4
4.0
9.6
1.8
6.9 (2002)

...
75.0
9.0
5.5 (2004)
10.0
1.9 (2009)
7.0

...
55.1
0.3
0.4
0.1
1.2
2.5

Papua New Guinea


Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

64.8
8.5
7.7
2.0 (2003)
9.7
0.7
6.6

10050.0
61957.1
1831.0

140.0
19.5 (2005)
7.6
3.0
31.0
1.5
5.0

10350.0
64061.7
1850.0

8.6
2.5
1.2
20.1
0.2
0.5
0.4

8562.0
66784.4
1542.0

= data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed.

Source: International Telecommunication Union. International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Da
2014).

Mobile Phone
(thousands)
2000

(2002)

(2003)

(2002)
(2002)

2013

Fixed Broadband Internet


(thousands)
2000
2013

21387.7
3346.3
10130.1
4993.1
29675.6
6737.5
127737.3
7537.1
6125.3
21500.0

0.0 (2002)
0.0 (2001)
1.0 (2002)
0.4 (2001)
1.0 (2003)
0.0 (2002)
14.6 (2005)
0.0 (2003)
0.1 (2008)
2.8 (2003)

1.5
234.4
1603.4
444.6
1907.3
53.3
1078.0
5.8
1.8
306.3

1229113.0
17194.3
54680.8
3525.7
29709.7

22.7
444.5
3870.0
0.0 (2001)
229.0

188909.0
2215.5
18737.1
139.7
5634.0

105051.0
544.3
886304.2
625.2
19864.9
20315.2

43.7 (2007)
2.1 (2008)
50.0 (2001)
0.2 (2002)
1.0 (2006)
0.3 (2001)

989.5
20.5
14540.0
20.1
208.8
423.5

468.8
20264.5
303695.2
4481.4
42996.0
6832.4
102823.6
8420.7
92463.0
120000.0

1.9 (2001)
0.1 (2002)
4.0
0.0 (2003)
4.0 (2001)
0.2 (2005)
10.0 (2001)
69.0
1.6 (2001)
1.1 (2002)

23.8
32.6
3251.8
9.0
2443.1
95.3
2572.8
1390.8
4926.0
5151.4

...
891.0
17.0
0.7 (2005)
31.4
6.8 (2012)
18.9

...
7.0 (2005)
0.3 (2005)

0.0 (2003)

0.1 (2004)

...
10.5
1.1

2.1
0.4 (2010)
1.6

(2003)
(2004)

3000.0
86.0 (2007)
323.1
650.0
57.5
3.4
150.0

24940.0
146454.9
4766.0

3.0 (2008)
0.0 (2004)
0.2 (2004)
0.0 (2003)
0.0 (2002)
0.1 (2004)
0.0 (2003)

11.3
0.2
1.9
0.7
1.7
0.7
0.3

122.8 (2001)
854.7
4.7

5839.0
36664.5
1316.0

oyed.

tion/ICT Indicators Database. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx(accessed 9 June

Transport and Communications


Communications
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014
www.adb.org/statistics
Table 5.9 : Telephone and Internet Subscription
(per 100 people)
Regional Member
Developing Member Economies
Central and West Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

1990

Telephone Subscribers
2000
2010

Mo
2013

1990

0.3
15.8
8.6
9.9
8.1
7.2
0.8
4.5
6.0
6.8

0.1
17.3
9.9
10.7
12.6
7.6
2.1
3.5
8.1
6.7

0.1
20.0
16.6
25.3
25.5
9.2
3.5
4.8
10.3
6.8

0.3
19.4
18.7
27.7
26.7
8.3
3.5
5.2
11.5
6.9

0.6
42.7
30.9
3.0
31.1

11.3
57.4
56.3
4.9
57.6

21.6
61.9
58.9
7.1
70.8

19.3
63.0
61.6
6.2
71.2

2.3
0.2

0.4

0.2
0.3
0.6
2.8
0.3
0.7

0.4
2.5
3.1
9.0
1.2
4.1

0.8
3.7
2.9
8.7
3.1
17.2

0.7
3.5
2.3
6.5
3.1
12.7

0.0

Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam

13.9
0.0
0.6
0.2
8.7
0.2
1.0
34.9
2.3
0.2

24.3
0.3
3.2
0.8
19.8
0.6
3.9
49.7
9.0
3.1

19.9
2.5
17.0
1.6
16.3
0.9
3.6
39.3
10.3
16.1

13.6
2.8
16.1
10.0
15.3
1.0
3.2
36.4
9.0
10.1

0.7

0.0

0.5

1.7
0.1

The Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. States of
Nauru
Palau

17.0
5.8
1.7
1.1
2.5
13.1
...

31.9
10.6
4.1
7.7
9.0
17.9

35.6
15.1
8.6

8.2

34.1

...
8.5
8.8

9.7

33.5

...

East Asia
China, People's Rep. of
Hong Kong, China
Korea, Rep. of
Mongolia
Taipei,China
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka

Papua New Guinea


Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Developed Member Economies
Australia
Japan
New Zealand

0.7
2.5
1.5
...
4.6
1.3
1.8

1.2
4.9
1.9

9.9
7.0
3.6

1.8

1.6
0.3
29.8
12.2
3.0

1.9

1.4
0.3
29.4
14.7
2.0

45.6
44.6
43.2

52.2
49.3
47.5

47.4
51.5
43.0

44.3
50.4
41.1

1.1
0.7
1.6

= data not available at cutoff date, = magnitude equals zero, 0.0 = magnitude is less than half of unit employed.

Source: International Telecommunication Union. International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Data

Mobile Phone Subscribers


2000
2010

2013

1990

Internet Users
2000

2010

2013

0.6
5.2
4.1
1.4
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.2

45.8
130.4
100.1
90.6
121.9
98.9
57.3
77.9
63.4
75.5

70.0
112.4
107.6
115.0
180.5
121.4
70.1
91.8
116.9
74.3

0.0
2.9
5.1
5.3
5.5
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.4

0.0
7.9
17.0
10.2
11.6
1.0
0.6
0.1
0.0
1.1

6.7
79.7
58.3
6.4
81.5

63.2
195.7
104.8
92.5
119.9

88.7
238.7
111.0
124.2
127.5

0.0

...

0.0
6.5
8.4

1.0

9.3
29.9
35.5
2.6
22.7

13.6
30.8
38.0
4.9
24.2

0.2

0.3
2.8
0.0
2.3

44.9
55.0
62.4
151.8
34.3
83.6

67.1
72.2
70.8
181.2
71.5
95.5

0.3
1.2
0.9
4.7
0.2
1.1

0.6
2.7
1.2
5.8
0.8
2.0

28.6
1.1
1.8
0.2
21.9
0.0
8.3
70.1
4.9
1.0

108.6
56.7
87.8
62.6
119.7
1.1
89.0
145.4
108.0
125.3

112.2
133.9
121.5
66.2
144.7
12.8
104.5
155.6
138.0
130.9

0.0

1.8

5.4
0.2
0.9
0.1
6.5
0.0
1.8
25.0
4.9
4.1

5.7
0.2
1.3
0.1
8.2
0.2
2.6
25.7
7.4
5.6

3.1
6.8
0.4
0.9

11.9

38.5
81.1
10.8

26.6
61.8
70.9

...
101.1
16.6

30.3
0.0
90.4

15.7

35.7
2.7
0.9

1.0
4.0
1.2

...
1.2
1.1

2.0

7.6

0.2
1.4
0.3

0.2

0.2

27.8

21.9
43.8
52.2
16.3
71.9

41.0

57.6
57.4
54.6
34.4
59.3

0.1
0.1
0.5
0.0
1.1
2.4
0.2

0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
1.6
7.1
0.1

44.5
53.1
40.0

100.4
96.8
107.8

106.8
115.2
105.8

0.6
0.0

0.7
0.1

24.0
26.8
24.0

25.0
28.8
29.2

Indicators Database. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx(accessed 9 June 2014).

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