Development Goals in Southern Asia 61 indicators covering development goals for Southern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Red List Index 0.7877 index 2025 down 3.4% 17th Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 250.81 per 100,000 people 2025 up 46.9% 22nd Manufacturing value added per capita 368.28 constant US$ 2025 up 50.0% 29th Number of transboundary breeds 144 2025 up 5.1% 27th Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 143 2025 up 5.1% 27th Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 93 2025 down 7.9% 23rd Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 392 2025 up 13.3% 13th Number of local breeds (not extinct) 641 2025 up 14.1% 16th Number of local breeds kept in the country 647 2025 up 13.9% 16th Infant deaths 1.05 million 2024 down 35.7% 5th Neonatal deaths 764,546 2024 down 33.7% 5th Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 3.86 ltpureal 2024 up 3.1% 21st Under-five deaths 1.21 million 2024 down 38.7% 5th Children moderately or severely stunted 56,365 num th 2024 down 22.6% 7th Children moderately or severely overweight 5,670 num th 2024 up 14.9% 8th Annual inflation, consumer prices 4.7% 2024 down 33.0% 3rd Prevalence of undernourishment 9.3% 2025 down 32.6% 15th Change in maximum river flow 4.0% 2024 down 57.5% 21st Change in minimum river flow 2.4% 2024 down 43.5% 22nd River flow maximum 6.72 million m3 per sec 2024 down 5.0% 19th River flow minimum 405,276 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.8% 23rd Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by 2.83 per 100,000 people 2024 down 26.5% 17th Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 11.00 billion tonnes 2022 up 25.6% 10th Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material 5.44 tonnes 2022 up 11.9% 31st Total official flows for scholarships, by recipient countries 187.96 million constant US$ 2024 up 91.5% 7th Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 91.8% 2023 — 3rd Number of undernourished people 194.7 num m 2025 down 24.6% 7th Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing 4.8% 2022 up 65.3% 8th Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted) 42 µg/m³ 2023 down 25.6% 2nd Worldwide weighted tariff-average, most-favoured-nation status, by 19.5% 2024 down 21.7% 3rd Worldwide weighted tariff-average, preferential status, by type of 17.1% 2024 down 27.9% 2nd Current number of seats in national parliaments 1,524 2026 down 36.4% 29th Countries with death registration data that are at least 75 percent 5 2024 up 66.7% 14th Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ 525,395 2024 up 14.5% 11th Data Sources performance index (Statistical Performance Indicators) 56.03 index 2024 up 13.5% 22nd Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies 5 2025 unchanged 27th Countries with national statistical plans that are under 5 2025 down 37.5% 25th Countries with national statistical plans that are fully funded 3 2025 down 25.0% 19th Land area 639,243 ha th 2025 down 0.1% 23rd Countries that are parties to the Nagoya Protocol 7 2025 up 133.3% 15th Gross receipts by developing countries of official sustainable 8,413 million current US$ 2024 down 10.6% 15th Gross receipts by developing countries of official concessional 12,408 million current US$ 2024 up 10.3% 10th Gross receipts by developing countries of mobilised private finance 7,476 million current US$ 2024 up 395.2% 9th Gross receipts by developing countries of private grants 921.38 million current US$ 2024 up 128.3% 7th Gross receipts by developing countries of official non-concessional 17,238 million current US$ 2024 up 73.9% 12th Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 67.4% 2022 down 3.9% 20th Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 1.55 million tonnes 2022 up 23.9% 7th Chlorophyll-a anomaly, remote sensing 1.8% 2022 — 5th Mountain Green Cover Index 2.11 % 2021 up 43.5% 7th Mountain area 2.22 million kmsq 2021 unchanged 13th Mountain green cover area 46,892 kmsq 2021 up 43.5% 11th Beach litter items per unit of surface area 45 num items per 100m2 2024 down 64.6% 12th Mangrove area 9,661 kmsq 2020 down 0.5% 15th Mangrove total area change -3.0% 2020 down 19.7% 9th Total deaths and disappearances recorded during migration 1,554 2025 up 6,963.6% 8th Total resource flows for development, by recipient and donor countries 55,439 million current US$ 2024 up 65.5% 10th Material footprint per capita, by type of raw material 4.81 tonnes 2022 up 9.3% 24th Material footprint, by type of raw material 9.72 billion tonnes 2022 up 22.8% 12th Percentage of bloodstream infection due to Escherichia coli resistant 77.3% 2022 up 1.4% 1st Percentage of bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant 61.0% 2022 down 2.8% 2nd Page 1 of 2 Next →