Economy & Growth in Central and Southern Asia 31 indicators covering economy & growth for Central and Southern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 37,496 million current US$ 2024 down 32.2% 9th Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person 3.9% 2025 down 2.5% 1st Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 14.7% 2025 down 0.8% 4th Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 4.6% 2024 down 13.2% 2nd Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 14.3% 2024 down 5.7% 4th Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 2.39 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 18.5% 1st Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 31.4% 2024 down 18.1% 10th Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP 0.7% 2024 down 55.3% 12th Annual GDP growth 5.7% 2024 down 12.5% 2nd Annual growth of exports of goods and services 4.3% 2024 up 110.5% 3rd Annual growth of imports of goods and services -1.7% 2024 down 276.9% 11th Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of 4.6% 2024 up 4.0% 1st Annual growth of the gross capital formation 5.7% 2024 down 17.4% 1st Annual growth of households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 6.6% 2024 up 26.7% 1st Annual growth of the general government final consumption expenditure 1.8% 2024 down 67.0% 1st Agriculture value added share of GDP 15.5% 2024 down 0.8% 1st Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP 7.4% 2022 down 32.2% 11th Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP -14.0% 2022 up 11.3% 1st Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 0 2024 down 100.0% 9th Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 0 2024 down 100.0% 9th Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 0 2024 down 100.0% 6th Total trade of tracked Environmentally Sound Technologies 66.65 billion current US$ 2024 up 43.5% 10th Labour share of GDP 55.2% 2025 up 7.2% 4th Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and 5.4% 2024 up 43.6% 1st Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP 0.5% 2023 down 7.3% 8th Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP 2.6% 2024 down 11.3% 9th Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP 0.2% 2023 down 32.0% 2nd Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a 4.9% 2025 down 9.6% 6th Employed persons in the tourism industries 40.95 million 2024 up 23.4% 3rd Material footprint per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 2.19 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 25.9% 1st Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights 8 2025 up 60.0% 3rd