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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Australia | 0.0 | 1.1 | 44.8 | 90.8 | 101.6 | 105.8 | 106.5 | 107.3 | 106.2 | 107.6 | 109.1 | 107.8 | 110.0 | 109.8 | 104.9 | 105.1 | 109.5 | 112.5 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.0 | 0.7 | 29.1 | 64.9 | 110.9 | 111.0 | 115.8 | 114.0 | 108.5 | 109.8 | 122.4 | 125.9 | 129.3 | 129.8 | 119.9 | 133.6 | 116.1 | 127.0 |
| Cambodia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 56.2 | 93.4 | 127.8 | 133.6 | 132.8 | 133.5 | 125.6 | 115.6 | 119.3 | 130.0 | 126.1 | 117.2 | 113.4 | 120.8 |
| China | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 30.0 | 63.6 | 72.5 | 81.2 | 89.1 | 92.7 | 92.5 | 97.2 | 104.1 | 116.2 | 122.7 | 120.5 | 121.5 | 124.2 | 128.2 |
| Fiji | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 23.2 | 76.7 | 79.6 | 93.9 | 101.5 | 95.5 | 105.2 | 113.7 | 112.5 | 110.7 | 112.6 | 108.4 | 108.2 | 111.7 | |
| हांगकांग | 0.0 | 2.3 | 81.2 | 123.7 | 194.2 | 214.1 | 227.6 | 233.7 | 231.7 | 227.0 | 237.4 | 247.1 | 266.3 | 286.6 | 291.9 | 319.9 | 292.8 | 319.5 |
| Indonesia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 20.3 | 85.8 | 100.1 | 111.6 | 122.4 | 125.8 | 129.5 | 145.7 | 162.8 | 118.3 | 125.2 | 129.4 | 132.2 | 122.9 | 125.2 |
| Japan | 0.0 | 0.7 | 52.6 | 75.4 | 96.2 | 103.6 | 110.3 | 115.8 | 123.8 | 126.2 | 131.2 | 136.0 | 141.7 | 147.2 | 154.4 | 159.5 | 168.6 | 178.4 |
| Kiribati | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 17.6 | 26.0 | 35.1 | 43.9 | 38.3 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 43.3 | 41.0 | 49.1 | 51.3 |
| Republic of Korea | 0.0 | 0.2 | 57.3 | 80.1 | 104.1 | 106.9 | 108.1 | 109.2 | 113.4 | 115.6 | 119.5 | 123.6 | 128.5 | 133.1 | 136.0 | 140.5 | 148.7 | 162.1 |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 11.2 | 63.2 | 85.3 | 66.0 | 69.8 | 68.9 | 54.8 | 57.3 | 52.9 | 51.4 | 64.1 | 63.1 | 64.7 | 63.4 | 64.8 |
| Malaysia | 0.0 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 75.7 | 118.2 | 125.7 | 139.3 | 142.5 | 146.4 | 141.2 | 136.7 | 130.9 | 128.9 | 133.4 | 129.0 | 137.7 | 138.2 | 142.7 |
| Marshall Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 34.4 | 36.4 | 37.5 | 38.7 | 39.7 | |||||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 28.9 | 29.0 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 20.0 | |||
| Mongolia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 21.7 | 92.9 | 107.2 | 120.7 | 100.9 | 103.9 | 103.1 | 110.7 | 125.2 | 133.3 | 136.7 | 132.6 | 140.4 | 142.8 | 141.1 |
| Nauru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 61.7 | 66.3 | 66.2 | 85.8 | 88.8 | 88.3 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 85.4 | 87.2 | |||||
| Myanmar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 57.3 | 80.2 | 98.2 | 92.4 | 117.0 | 155.7 | 148.2 | 127.2 | 107.5 | 121.0 |
| New Zealand | 0.0 | 1.6 | 40.0 | 85.4 | 108.3 | 110.0 | 111.6 | 107.0 | 112.8 | 121.4 | 129.4 | 133.0 | 128.9 | 120.5 | 123.0 | 114.5 | 116.0 | 126.9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 25.0 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 36.1 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 42.2 | 43.8 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 49.2 | 34.1 |
| Philippines | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 39.5 | 86.3 | 95.9 | 101.8 | 100.7 | 107.3 | 111.9 | 112.5 | 111.0 | 123.0 | 151.0 | 133.5 | 144.4 | 147.4 | 117.3 |
| Samoa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 46.6 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 53.3 | 59.7 | 74.2 | 60.5 | 48.2 | 40.0 | 32.6 | 32.3 | 62.4 | ||
| Singapore | 0.0 | 1.7 | 68.1 | 102.7 | 145.5 | 150.4 | 152.4 | 156.7 | 148.5 | 149.0 | 151.7 | 149.6 | 152.1 | 159.3 | 150.3 | 158.0 | 173.0 | 173.2 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 21.7 | 49.7 | 52.7 | 54.3 | 61.1 | 66.4 | 62.9 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 65.7 | 63.7 | 62.2 | 62.1 | |
| Thailand | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 46.1 | 104.6 | 112.2 | 122.4 | 134.4 | 138.3 | 145.9 | 168.9 | 170.8 | 175.3 | 181.2 | 162.3 | 168.5 | 176.2 | 168.6 |
| Tonga | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 28.3 | 50.6 | 51.1 | 52.1 | 53.7 | 63.8 | 69.3 | 75.8 | 102.5 | 102.2 | 58.8 | 58.7 | 61.0 | 61.7 | |
| Tuvalu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 19.8 | 25.6 | 30.9 | 34.6 | 60.2 | 69.5 | 73.6 | 79.1 | 85.1 | 86.5 | 88.3 | 98.9 | |
| Viet Nam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 127.6 | 143.9 | 147.1 | 136.6 | 148.5 | 129.6 | 128.3 | 126.1 | 146.1 | 140.2 | 141.7 | 136.8 | 137.9 | 131.0 |
| Vanuatu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 71.3 | 56.3 | 58.7 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 80.3 | 81.9 | 88.1 | 90.8 | 82.4 | 81.7 | 81.6 | 89.3 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 26.1 | 99.5 | 109.3 | 108.0 | 106.6 | 109.6 | 109.7 | 103.2 | 101.6 | 103.0 | 106.3 | 101.6 | 105.7 | 107.5 | 107.7 |
| Armenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 131.9 | 109.9 | 113.7 | 114.5 | 118.4 | 118.6 | 117.7 | 119.7 | 123.0 | 124.6 | 120.7 | 125.4 | 130.5 | 134.5 |
| Georgia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 29.2 | 102.1 | 114.5 | 122.4 | 131.1 | 142.4 | 146.4 | 145.9 | 145.1 | 143.9 | 141.8 | 134.4 | 146.6 | 154.0 | 155.3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 10.3 | 96.1 | 112.2 | 119.3 | 116.2 | 128.2 | 126.3 | 124.6 | 136.1 | 137.7 | 132.8 | 109.8 | 108.2 | 106.9 | 108.6 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 33.8 | 115.2 | 147.9 | 174.7 | 173.0 | 160.5 | 145.5 | 139.1 | 143.1 | 137.7 | 133.9 | 124.7 | 123.9 | 125.6 | 127.1 |
| Tajikistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 77.6 | 80.8 | 81.5 | 91.7 | 94.9 | 98.2 | 106.0 | 109.0 | 107.4 | 115.4 | 118.8 | 116.2 | 126.2 | |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 57.5 | 93.3 | 101.6 | 103.1 | 118.6 | 126.2 | 134.8 | 87.8 | 88.2 | 88.7 | 88.2 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 73.8 | 88.3 | 69.3 | 72.3 | 71.6 | 70.8 | 74.4 | 76.3 | 71.7 | 101.3 | 99.4 | 102.4 | 105.5 | 106.9 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 36.1 | 47.0 | 50.2 | 53.1 | 56.1 | 58.3 | 62.3 | 67.1 | 59.8 | 59.6 | 58.0 | 56.7 | 56.3 | 55.5 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 44.6 | 54.9 | 62.7 | 74.5 | 80.3 | 82.4 | 84.6 | 93.1 | 98.9 | 100.4 | 106.0 | 110.0 | 109.9 | 114.4 |
| Bhutan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 56.2 | 68.3 | 78.2 | 75.1 | 85.2 | 91.2 | 93.4 | 96.9 | 92.6 | 95.3 | 96.8 | 100.3 | 95.1 | 95.6 |
| Pakistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 49.8 | 53.4 | 57.9 | 60.5 | 63.4 | 57.9 | 62.0 | 64.7 | 67.9 | 71.7 | 74.7 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 76.5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 16.6 | 83.1 | 87.2 | 91.3 | 95.1 | 102.7 | 110.0 | 117.7 | 127.7 | 136.1 | 126.5 | 131.8 | 135.5 | 151.7 | 142.3 |
| India | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 60.5 | 70.9 | 67.6 | 68.4 | 71.9 | 75.4 | 83.9 | 86.0 | 85.6 | 82.9 | 82.3 | 81.6 | 80.2 | 80.6 |
| Maldives | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 66.4 | 137.0 | 142.0 | 144.9 | 156.3 | 161.0 | 172.8 | 183.2 | 196.4 | 181.3 | 169.8 | 142.9 | 136.8 | 136.5 | 141.6 |
| Nepal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 33.6 | 48.6 | 60.3 | 77.4 | 83.2 | 98.9 | 114.9 | 128.9 | 139.5 | 136.2 | 131.9 | 129.6 | 133.3 | |
| Timor-Leste | 0.0 | 3.5 | 43.6 | 55.3 | 54.7 | 56.1 | 116.4 | 114.2 | 121.5 | 124.4 | 115.1 | 109.6 | 103.9 | 102.7 | 108.2 | 112.6 | ||
| Palau | 30.5 | 78.9 | 85.4 | 96.5 | 101.7 | 107.9 | 133.6 | 134.8 | 134.9 | 135.0 | 135.1 | 135.4 |