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Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand 32 48 34 99 37 79 37 54 53 47 100 42 41 Data, a bit outdated, refers to 1985.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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