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Prices & public finance in East Asia & Pacific: how the countries rank

Inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, public debt and the reach of the state. 14 indicators for the 37 economies of East Asia & Pacific, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Inflation2.0%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 3.0%GDP deflator2.5%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 3.3%Lending rate5.5%median countryReal interest rate5.1%median countryExchange rate4.20median countryTax revenue10.8%East Asia & Pacific, 2022 · world 13.9%Government revenue17.6%East Asia & Pacific, 2022 · world 24.0%Government expense26.7%median country · world 28.5%
Inflation
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0%5.0%10%15%1995200020052010201520202025East Asia & Pacific2.0%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
GDP deflator
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
-5.0%0%5.0%10%15%20%1995200020052010201520202025East Asia & Pacific2.5%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 37 economies, prices & public finance

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its prices & public finance profile.

36 shown
CountryInflationGDP deflatorLending rateReal interest rateExchange rateTax revenueGovernment revenueGovernment expense
Mongolia8.6%#1 · 20254.4%#9 · 202516.0%#1 · 20211.4%#19 · 20213,545.14#5 · 202516.9%#13 · 202431.6%#6 · 202431.7%#8 · 2021
Laos7.7%#2 · 20257.5%#3 · 2025——20,444.14#2 · 202512.1%#22 · 202213.9%#24 · 202210.3%#25 · 2022
Kiribati6.5%#3 · 20250.0%#30 · 2025——1.55#25 · 202517.5%#11 · 202380.2%#2 · 202383.7%#2 · 2023
Tonga5.6%#4 · 20253.0%#17 · 20257.6%#10 · 20254.5%#15 · 20252.41#21 · 202520.5%#9 · 202322.6%#16 · 202334.7%#7 · 2023
Micronesia5.4%#5 · 20223.2%#15 · 202512.6%#3 · 202110.6%#3 · 20211.00#33 · 20257.0%#23 · 202029.7%#9 · 202023.4%#15 · 2020
Papua New Guinea4.4%#6 · 20256.9%#4 · 20258.3%#9 · 20244.9%#14 · 20244.12#19 · 202515.5%#15 · 202416.6%#21 · 202420.3%#17 · 2023
Solomon Islands3.4%#7 · 20255.0%#8 · 20255.2%#16 · 20215.8%#10 · 20218.33#14 · 202523.3%#6 · 202425.4%#13 · 202428.9%#9 · 2022
Vietnam3.3%#8 · 20253.3%#14 · 20259.3%#5 · 20237.0%#5 · 202324,164.89#1 · 2024———
Japan3.2%#9 · 20253.4%#13 · 20251.0%#23 · 20171.0%#21 · 2017149.66#8 · 2025——20.1%#18 · 2022
Australia2.9%#10 · 20252.3%#20 · 20255.1%#17 · 20191.6%#18 · 20191.55#24 · 202523.6%#5 · 202226.1%#11 · 202227.6%#12 · 2022
New Zealand2.8%#11 · 20253.6%#11 · 20250.0%#24 · 2025-3.5%#23 · 20251.72#23 · 202529.5%#1 · 202434.2%#4 · 202435.5%#6 · 2022
Cambodia2.4%#12 · 20253.5%#12 · 2025——4,013.43#4 · 202512.2%#21 · 202313.8%#25 · 202312.9%#24 · 2023
Samoa2.2%#13 · 20256.2%#5 · 20258.4%#8 · 20252.1%#17 · 20252.79#20 · 202524.0%#3 · 202330.7%#8 · 202326.7%#13 · 2023
South Korea2.1%#14 · 20253.1%#16 · 20254.2%#22 · 20251.0%#20 · 20251,422.44#6 · 202513.3%#19 · 202425.8%#12 · 202428.3%#10 · 2023
Indonesia1.9%#15 · 20252.4%#19 · 20258.5%#6 · 20256.0%#8 · 202516,477.87#3 · 2025———
Philippines1.7%#16 · 20251.4%#25 · 20257.1%#11 · 20196.4%#6 · 201957.51#12 · 202514.4%#17 · 202416.7%#20 · 202416.9%#22 · 2023
Hong Kong1.4%#17 · 20251.0%#27 · 20255.2%#15 · 20254.1%#16 · 20257.80#16 · 2025———
Malaysia1.4%#18 · 2025-0.4%#31 · 20254.8%#19 · 20255.3%#11 · 20254.28#18 · 202512.4%#20 · 202416.8%#19 · 202417.0%#21 · 2023
Singapore0.9%#19 · 2025-1.8%#34 · 20255.2%#14 · 2021-5.2%#24 · 20211.31#29 · 202513.6%#18 · 202417.7%#18 · 202417.1%#20 · 2023
Vanuatu0.7%#20 · 20252.2%#21 · 20258.4%#7 · 20256.1%#7 · 2025120.32#9 · 202516.5%#14 · 202324.2%#15 · 202326.6%#14 · 2023
Timor-Leste0.4%#21 · 2025-4.7%#35 · 202510.4%#4 · 202515.8%#1 · 20251.00#36 · 202521.6%#7 · 202251.5%#3 · 202252.5%#5 · 2022
Macao0.3%#22 · 20250.5%#29 · 20255.5%#13 · 20255.0%#13 · 20258.03#15 · 202527.4%#2 · 202431.8%#5 · 202419.6%#19 · 2023
China0.1%#23 · 2025-0.9%#33 · 20254.3%#21 · 20245.2%#12 · 20247.19#17 · 20257.0%#24 · 202414.9%#22 · 2024—
Thailand-0.1%#24 · 2025-0.9%#32 · 20255.0%#18 · 20255.9%#9 · 202532.88#13 · 202515.2%#16 · 202420.2%#17 · 202420.7%#16 · 2023
Brunei-0.3%#25 · 2025-4.7%#36 · 20255.5%#12 · 202510.7%#2 · 20251.31#28 · 2025———
Palau-0.4%#26 · 20251.0%#28 · 2025——1.00#35 · 202518.1%#10 · 202024.2%#14 · 202059.0%#4 · 2020
Fiji-1.4%#27 · 20252.0%#22 · 20254.6%#20 · 2024-1.5%#22 · 20242.30#22 · 202523.9%#4 · 202426.6%#10 · 202427.8%#11 · 2023
American Samoa—14.2%#1 · 2022——1.00#30 · 2025———
French Polynesia—1.8%#23 · 2024——105.86#10 · 2025———
Guam—5.5%#7 · 2022——1.00#31 · 2025———
Marshall Islands—5.7%#6 · 2025——1.00#32 · 202517.2%#12 · 202031.3%#7 · 202059.4%#3 · 2020
Myanmar—12.5%#2 · 202514.8%#2 · 20209.0%#4 · 20201,381.62#7 · 20206.0%#25 · 201914.4%#23 · 201913.8%#23 · 2019
Nauru—4.0%#10 · 2025——1.55#26 · 202521.4%#8 · 2024115.5%#1 · 2024103.6%#1 · 2020
New Caledonia—1.1%#26 · 2024——105.86#11 · 2025———
Northern Mariana Islands—2.8%#18 · 2022——1.00#34 · 2025———
Tuvalu—1.8%#24 · 2025——1.55#27 · 2025———
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Inflation27 countries
  1. 1Mongolia8.6%2025
  2. 2Laos7.7%2025
  3. 3Kiribati6.5%2025
Lowest
  1. 27Fiji-1.4%2025
  2. 26Palau-0.4%2025
  3. 25Brunei-0.3%2025
Median country 2.1% · group 2.0%
GDP deflator36 countries
  1. 1American Samoa14.2%2022
  2. 2Myanmar12.5%2025
  3. 3Laos7.5%2025
Lowest
  1. 36Brunei-4.7%2025
  2. 35Timor-Leste-4.7%2025
  3. 34Singapore-1.8%2025
Median country 2.6% · group 2.5%
Lending rate24 countries
  1. 1Mongolia16.0%2021
  2. 2Myanmar14.8%2020
  3. 3Micronesia12.6%2021
Lowest
  1. 24New Zealand0.0%2025
  2. 23Japan1.0%2017
  3. 22South Korea4.2%2025
Median country 5.5%
Real interest rate24 countries
  1. 1Timor-Leste15.8%2025
  2. 2Brunei10.7%2025
  3. 3Micronesia10.6%2021
Lowest
  1. 24Singapore-5.2%2021
  2. 23New Zealand-3.5%2025
  3. 22Fiji-1.5%2024
Median country 5.1%
Exchange rate36 countries
  1. 1Vietnam24,164.892024
  2. 2Laos20,444.142025
  3. 3Indonesia16,477.872025
Lowest
  1. 36Timor-Leste1.002025
  2. 35Palau1.002025
  3. 34Northern Mariana Islands1.002025
Median country 4.20
Tax revenue25 countries
  1. 1New Zealand29.5%2024
  2. 2Macao27.4%2024
  3. 3Samoa24.0%2023
Lowest
  1. 25Myanmar6.0%2019
  2. 24China7.0%2024
  3. 23Micronesia7.0%2020
Median country 16.9% · group 10.8%
Government revenue25 countries
  1. 1Nauru115.5%2024
  2. 2Kiribati80.2%2023
  3. 3Timor-Leste51.5%2022
Lowest
  1. 25Cambodia13.8%2023
  2. 24Laos13.9%2022
  3. 23Myanmar14.4%2019
Median country 25.4% · group 17.6%
Government expense25 countries
  1. 1Nauru103.6%2020
  2. 2Kiribati83.7%2023
  3. 3Marshall Islands59.4%2020
Lowest
  1. 25Laos10.3%2022
  2. 24Cambodia12.9%2023
  3. 23Myanmar13.8%2019
Median country 26.7%
Government debt17 countries
  1. 1Singapore167.8%2024
  2. 2Palau85.2%2019
  3. 3Vanuatu67.9%2023
Lowest
  1. 17Solomon Islands26.0%2024
  2. 16Micronesia27.8%2020
  3. 15Indonesia30.0%2009
Median country 50.3%
External debt16 countries
  1. 1Mongolia181.9%2024
  2. 2Laos115.4%2024
  3. 3Fiji71.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 16China13.0%2024
  2. 15Myanmar15.3%2024
  3. 14Timor-Leste15.4%2024
Median country 36.5%
Private credit25 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong222.6%2025
  2. 2China194.3%2024
  3. 3Japan188.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 25Papua New Guinea15.7%2025
  2. 24Micronesia23.4%2021
  3. 23Myanmar29.0%2020
Median country 117.1% · group 175.5%
Broad money24 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong481.0%2025
  2. 2Japan246.8%2025
  3. 3China227.7%2024
Lowest
  1. 24Indonesia42.5%2025
  2. 23Samoa50.7%2025
  3. 22Mongolia53.7%2024
Median country 95.0% · group 211.5%
Reserves, months of imports24 countries
  1. 1Japan14.02025
  2. 2Vanuatu12.62022
  3. 3Samoa12.42025
Lowest
  1. 24Australia1.62025
  2. 23Vietnam2.12025
  3. 22Laos3.42025
Median country 6.1 · group 11.1
Military spending18 countries
  1. 1Myanmar6.60%2024
  2. 2Brunei3.65%2024
  3. 3Singapore3.05%2025
Lowest
  1. 18Papua New Guinea0.35%2025
  2. 17Mongolia0.88%2025
  3. 16Malaysia1.04%2025
Median country 1.43% · group 1.72%
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