Southeast Asia's Most Inclusive Economies. Ranked

by Adelaida Salikha

Published January 23, 2018 - 13:58 Jkt

The Inclusive Development Index (IDI) is an annual assessment that measures how 103 countries perform on 11 dimensions of economic progress in addition to GDP.

It has three pillars: growth and development; inclusion; and intergenerational equity – sustainable stewardship of natural and financial resources.

The index, has been divided into two parts; the first part covers 29 advanced economies and the second 74 emerging economies.

According to the index also, Southeast Asian nations, which mostly are emerging economies are classified in terms of the five-year trend of their overall Inclusive Development Growth score; receding, slowly receding, stable, slowly advancing and advancing.

Performance is mixed among the region’s nations, thus herewith are the rankings of Southeast Asian nations with the IDI scores and their 5-year IDI trend:

Notes: IDI scores are based on a 1-7 scale: 1=worst and 7=best. Trends are based on percentage change between 2012 and 2016 (using indicators available during both years). Advanced and emerging economy IDI scores are not strictly comparable due to different definitions of poverty.

Several economies are not covered due to missing sub-pillar data including Cambodia and Singapore, which were missing historical trend data on Inclusion-related indicators.

MALAYSIA

RANK: #13

TREND: SLOWLY ADVANCING

OVERALL IDI SCORE: 4.30

5-YEAR TREND IDI OVERALL (%): 2.40