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55.4
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53.9
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41.9
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61.4
58.7
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62.7
61.4
58.6
57.7
55.9
54.5
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59.5
59.2
61.2
63.0
62.7
63.4
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63.1
62.5
61.0
60.9
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58.9
59.9
58.5
57.8
58.8
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77.6
75.5
73.6
71.7
69.9
68.4
67.1
66.4
65.4
65.1
64.8
64.5
64.5
64.7
65.1
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65.4
66.0
66.2
66.3
65.7
65.8
65.8
65.7
65.5
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65.2
66.2
63.9
64.8
63.6
62.7
60.5
60.3
61.6
62.7
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51.5
52.6
54.1
53.6
53.7
55.5
55.0
54.5
52.9
51.8
50.5
50.9
51.9
53.3
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66.0
70.2
70.1
70.0
69.9
69.4
69.7
70.4
71.1
70.7
71.2
71.6
71.7
71.7
70.7
69.7
70.0
69.7
70.0
70.1
69.2
69.3
68.7
68.5
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64.4
64.0
63.7
64.8
65.5
65.1
65.4
64.4
64.2
64.9
64.2
62.5
62.4
62.4
61.5
60.1
59.8
60.2
60.1
60.3
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42.8
43.3
43.3
43.3
43.7
43.7
45.0
45.2
45.2
45.7
45.9
45.7
45.7
45.7
45.5
45.2
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44.3
44.8
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44.9
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55.3
55.1
53.3
51.7
55.5
54.9
53.9
52.7
51.8
51.3
50.1
49.3
48.9
48.0
47.2
47.1
46.2
45.7
45.3
45.2
45.6
45.4
45.2
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60.5
60.6
60.7
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53.2
52.9
52.2
51.6
51.0
50.4
50.1
49.8
49.2
48.9
48.6
48.3
48.2
48.1
48.0
47.9
47.8
46.5
46.2
47.8
48.1
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69.7
68.7
68.0
67.7
67.9
67.9
67.9
71.1
71.1
73.4
70.7
69.7
70.0
70.5
71.3
71.9
72.5
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73.5
74.3
75.0
73.8
74.1
73.7
72.9
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76.8
76.3
75.7
75.2
74.6
74.0
73.4
72.8
72.2
71.6
71.0
70.9
70.4
70.0
69.7
69.3
68.9
68.4
67.8
67.4
65.0
67.1
66.9
66.4
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61.4
61.5
61.7
61.4
61.3
60.9
61.2
61.2
60.9
60.8
59.6
60.1
60.5
61.2
61.1
61.1
61.1
61.1
61.3
60.7
59.7
59.4
58.2
57.3
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61.2
61.5
62.1
61.6
62.3
62.2
62.2
62.2
61.7
61.0
61.1
61.3
61.6
61.7
62.7
62.8
62.9
63.2
63.1
63.3
62.5
62.8
63.9
64.3
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62.9
62.2
62.6
64.5
64.4
63.5
64.4
64.2
63.5
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61.4
61.6
62.5
63.5
61.9
62.1
61.5
60.5
61.1
61.0
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60.5
58.8
56.9
58.6
57.6
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57.7
57.2
57.3
57.3
57.7
57.8
57.9
58.3
58.3
57.9
58.1
58.2
58.4
58.4
58.5
58.7
58.8
58.8
59.0
59.2
59.1
59.0
59.2
59.2
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54.9
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57.3
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58.5
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59.3
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57.1
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58.5
58.2
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61.2
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56.5
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62.9
54.4
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60.4
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61.8
67.3
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68.5
68.6
67.4
64.4
65.3
62.6
63.1
62.2
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63.3
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62.6
66.4
67.8
69.1
63.1
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61.7
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63.7
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57.1
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55.9
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49.8
50.2
53.5
54.9
55.2
57.9
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47.7
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57.7
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52.1
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63.8
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57.6
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60.2
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64.2
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77.2
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83.4
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74.3
77.2
72.2
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38.5
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50.3
48.8
50.3
48.9
48.6
48.3
51.2
49.8
50.2
49.2
48.6
47.8
47.2
53.7
53.2
53.8
53.8
54.1
51.8
52.3
50.6
49.9
49.8
48.6
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67.9
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68.9
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65.6
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64.2
66.8
64.6
65.5
63.8
62.7
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65.2
71.7
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74.6
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81.8
84.4
87.0
87.5
84.2
83.0
82.6
82.7
84.0
86.6
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87.4
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84.0
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67.8
68.6
67.8
67.9
67.6
66.8
66.2
67.0
67.2
67.2
67.7
66.8
67.8
66.8
66.6
65.8
66.3
66.7
67.3
67.5
67.8
67.8
68.6
69.5
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79.9
79.7
79.4
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66.6
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79.2
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40.8
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47.1
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65.4
64.9
64.4
65.2
64.4
63.3
63.1
63.2
62.6
62.9
63.7
64.5
65.6
67.3
67.6
67.9
67.7
68.0
68.3
68.7
68.4
68.6
69.3
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65.0
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67.0
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67.0
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64.7
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61.2
61.5
63.2
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64.9
67.1
67.4
66.7
67.5
65.1
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64.2
64.0
63.6
64.0
64.1
64.6
64.2
63.9
64.6
63.7
63.5
61.2
60.9
61.3
59.5
63.4
64.7*
64.9*
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63.2
64.4
63.6
63.2
63.3
63.0
65.0
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65.0
65.6
65.4
66.2
66.1
66.6
66.7
67.0
68.3
68.0
67.7
67.7
68.0
68.1
70.5
70.0
68.6
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71.5
71.9
71.9
72.2
72.4
72.5
72.2
72.4
72.6
72.8
72.3
72.1
71.8
71.1
70.3
69.8
68.8
68.1
68.3
67.5
67.8
67.8
68.1
68.6
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56.0
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60.2
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24.0
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30.6
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46.9
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30.5
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74.7
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76.5
76.7
76.6
76.8
77.6
77.5
77.4
77.3
76.9
77.0
76.8
74.4
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67.7
68.0
68.9
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69.0
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70.2
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71.0
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71.9
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70.4
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68.1
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58.8
58.7
58.5
58.4
58.2
56.7
57.8
58.9
59.9
61.0
62.0
63.1
61.7
60.3
58.9
58.2
57.6
57.5
57.4
57.4
55.5
55.4
57.6
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80.9
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63.6
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59.3
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66.0
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53.0
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51.1
51.1
51.1
51.1
51.1
51.1
51.1
51.1
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41.7
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58.6
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57.3
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56.9
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76.7
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64.0
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68.7
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63.0
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67.0
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78.7
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78.0
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68.9
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68.6
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70.7
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67.5
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69.1
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68.1
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77.4
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76.9
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72.5
70.4
68.2
65.9
63.5
61.1
58.6
56.1
53.5
50.9
48.3
48.4
48.3
48.2
47.8
47.7
47.5
47.5
47.6
47.4
47.0
46.8
47.5
47.3
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50.6
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49.8
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41.3
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32.2
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47.4
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43.3
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43.4
43.8
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62.9
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55.4
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94.8
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63.7
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46.7
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48.5
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44.7*
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58.2
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59.4
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52.3
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69.3
69.5
69.9
69.8
69.8
69.6
69.4
69.4
69.2
69.2
69.2
69.2
69.3
69.4
69.4
69.5
69.4
69.3
69.2
69.2
68.5
68.8
69.4
69.5
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63.1
63.3
63.4
63.6
63.5
64.4
64.8
65.2
65.5
65.4
65.4
65.4
65.2
64.9
64.7
65.0
64.8
65.0
65.4
65.8
64.7
65.6
66.4
66.7
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62.4
62.0
61.2
60.8
60.4
60.4
60.4
60.4
60.2
59.9
59.6
59.3
59.1
59.3
59.4
59.6
60.0
60.5
61.5
62.1
62.0
62.1
62.5
62.9
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65.2
65.8
66.5
66.3
66.9
67.7
68.2
68.4
68.3
67.9
67.6
67.9
67.6
67.8
68.7
68.8
70.0
70.9
70.9
70.5
70.2
70.8
71.3
72.1
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Afghanistan

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Azerbaijan

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyz Republic

Pakistan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

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China, People's Republic of

Hong Kong, China

Korea, Republic of

Mongolia

Taipei,China

South Asia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

Indonesia

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Viet Nam

The Pacific

Cook Islands

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Micronesia, Federated States of

Nauru

Niue

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Developed ADB Member Economies

Australia

Japan

New Zealand

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