Economy & Growth in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 25 indicators covering economy & growth for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 513,521 million current US$ 2024 up 28.5% 4th Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person 3.6% 2025 down 20.3% 5th Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 24.1% 2025 up 1.1% 3rd Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 3.8% 2024 down 5.0% 6th Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 23.7% 2024 down 7.8% 3rd Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 1.59 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 20.3% 20th Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 48.6% 2024 down 7.9% 18th Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP 1.5% 2024 down 47.9% 23rd Annual GDP growth 3.9% 2024 down 20.8% 12th Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of 0.4% 2024 down 10.2% 26th Annual growth of the gross capital formation 2.8% 2024 down 54.6% 22nd Annual growth of households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 4.5% 2024 down 3.9% 11th Agriculture value added share of GDP 6.3% 2024 down 3.5% 16th Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP 9.1% 2023 down 15.0% 28th Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 11 2024 down 82.8% 5th Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 10 2024 down 83.1% 6th Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 1 2024 down 80.0% 8th Total trade of tracked Environmentally Sound Technologies 743.86 billion current US$ 2024 down 14.3% 5th Labour share of GDP 51.8% 2025 down 0.6% 16th Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP 2.4% 2023 up 22.4% 5th Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP 4.0% 2024 up 3.2% 5th Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a 5.6% 2025 down 23.6% 7th Employed persons in the tourism industries 63.27 million 2024 up 10.5% 2nd Material footprint per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 1.64 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.0% 17th Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights 5 2025 unchanged 6th