Asian Nations Compared: Development, Economy, Integration and Bilateralism in Asia

(Maps compiled by Constanze Müller*)

Development and Economy: Selected indicators for Asian countries

Map 1: Population density 1999	Source & Definitions
Map 2: Population by age groups 1990	Source & Definitions
Map 3: Population by age groups 2000	Source & Definitions
Map 4: Population by age groups 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 5: Life expectancy male 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 6: Life expectancy female 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 7: Infant mortality 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 8: Undernourishment (average 2001-2003)	Source & Definitions
Map 9: Sustainable access to sanitation 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 10: Sustainable access to water 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 11: HIV prevalence 2003	Source & Definitions
Map 12: Health expenditure 2003	Source & Definitions
Map 13: Literacy youth 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 14: Literacy male 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 15: Literacy female 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 16: Urbanization 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 17: Gini-Index 2006	Source & Definitions
Map 18: Unemployment 2006	Source & Definitions
Map 19: Telephone mainlines 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 20: GDP per capita 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 21: GDP growth 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 22: Received ODA per capita 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 23: Received ODA 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 24: Inflation 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 25: Major sectors 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 26: Imports of goods and services 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 27: Exports of goods and services 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 28: Foreign direct investment 2004	Source & Definitions
Map 29: Energy use 2003	Source & Definitions
Map 30: Carbon dioxide emissions 2003	Source & Definitions
Map 31: Corruption 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 32: Global Competitiveness 2006	Source & Definitions
Map 33: Total military expenditures 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 34: Military expenditures per capita 2005	Source & Definitions
Map 35: Military expenditures in $ GDP 2005	Source & Definitions

Regional Integration: Regional institutions and organisations in Asia

Map 36: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Map 37: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Map 38: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Map 39: East Asian Summit (EAS)

Map 40: General picture of regional integration in Asia

* Constanze Müller is graduate student at the Department of Economics, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany. Under the supervision of Dr. Karsten Giese she collected the data and compiled the maps during her internship at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies. The software used for the creation of the presented maps is RegioGraph 8.0.