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Estimated GDP of Urban Areas as percentage of national GDP

Country/Territory
Estimated Urban GDP
(%)
Bangladesh
China
Fiji
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Korea, Republic
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Pakistan
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
32
48
34
99
37
79
37
54
53
47
100
42
41

Data, a bit outdated, refers to 1985. But the point highlighted here is the primacy of urban areas, and its contribution to the national economies, along with the concentration of 'wealth, power and status' - and with the inherent costs of congestion, migration and other problems.

Source:
"State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific - 1990" Bangkok: The UN Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific.
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