Editing Four Asian Tigers (section)

== Territory and region data ==
{{Update|part=Territory and region data|date=June 2024}}

===Credit ratings===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! [[Fitch Ratings|Fitch]]
! [[Moody's Investors Service|Moody's]]
! [[Standard & Poor's|S&P]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" | AA<ref name="FitchHK">{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Credit Ratings |url=https://www.fitchratings.com/entity/hong-kong-80442197 |website=Fitch Ratings |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206115149/https://www.fitchratings.com/entity/hong-kong-80442197 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | Aa2<ref name="MoodysHK">{{cite news |title=Rating Action: Moody's changes outlook on Hong Kong's Aa2 rating to negative from stable; affirms rating |url=https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-changes-outlook-on-Hong-Kongs-Aa2-rating-to-negative--PR_409149 |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=Moody's Investors Service |date=16 September 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126045745/https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-changes-outlook-on-Hong-Kongs-Aa2-rating-to-negative--PR_409149 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | AA+<ref name="S&PHK">{{cite news |last1=Sin |first1=Noah |title=S&P keeps Hong Kong's AA+ rating despite protests, cites strong finances |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-ratings/sp-keeps-hong-kongs-aa-rating-despite-protests-cites-strong-finances-idUSKBN1WN14Z |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=Reuters |agency=Reuters |date=8 October 2019 |language=en |archive-date=4 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304001837/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-ratings/sp-keeps-hong-kongs-aa-rating-despite-protests-cites-strong-finances-idUSKBN1WN14Z |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore 
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| AAA<ref name="FitchSG">{{cite web |title=Singapore Credit Ratings |url=https://www.fitchratings.com/entity/singapore-80442205 |website=Fitch Ratings |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206121605/https://www.fitchratings.com/entity/singapore-80442205 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| Aaa<ref name="MoodysSG">{{cite news |title=Rating Action: Moody's affirms Singapore's Aaa ratings; maintains stable outlook |url=https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-affirms-Singapores-Aaa-ratings-maintains-stable-outlook--PR_390670 |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=Moody's Investors Service |date=12 November 2018 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206115241/https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-affirms-Singapores-Aaa-ratings-maintains-stable-outlook--PR_390670 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| AAA
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" | AA−<ref name="FitchKO">{{cite web |title=Korea Credit Ratings |url=https://www.fitchratings.com/entity/korea-80442218 |website=Fitch Ratings |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206115308/https://www.fitchratings.com/entity/korea-80442218 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | Aa2<ref name="MoodysKO">{{cite news |title=Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Korea, Government of |url=https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-announces-completion-of-a-periodic-review-of-ratings-of--PR_415646 |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=Moody's Investors Service |date=15 February 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210183009/https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-announces-completion-of-a-periodic-review-of-ratings-of--PR_415646 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | AA<ref name="S&PKO">{{cite news |title=S&P keeps Korea's rating at AA with stable outlook |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191106011100320 |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |agency=Yonhap News Agency |date=6 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106162612/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191106011100320 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" | AA<ref name="FitchTW">{{cite web |title=Taiwan - Credit Rating |url=https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-upgrades-taiwan-china-to-aa-outlook-stable-10-09-2021#:~:text=Fitch%20Ratings%20%2D%20Hong%20Kong%20%2D%2010,The%20Outlook%20is%20Stable. |website=fitchratings.com |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130190325/https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-upgrades-taiwan-china-to-aa-outlook-stable-10-09-2021#:~:text=Fitch%20Ratings%20%2D%20Hong%20Kong%20%2D%2010,The%20Outlook%20is%20Stable. |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | Aa3<ref name="MoodysTW">{{cite news |title=Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Taiwan, Government of |url=https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-announces-completion-of-a-periodic-review-of-ratings-of--PR_415629 |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=Moody's Investors Service |date=15 February 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726170801/https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-announces-completion-of-a-periodic-review-of-ratings-of--PR_415629 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | AA+<ref name="S&PTW">{{cite news |title=S&P raises Taiwan's long-term issuer credit ratings on strong economic performance |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-economy-ratings-idINL3N2WR0SG |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=Reuters |date=29 April 2022 |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509201645/https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-economy-ratings-idINL3N2WR0SG |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

=== Demographics ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|Area]]<br>(km<sup>2</sup>)
! [[List of countries by population|Population]]<br />(2020)<ref name="WorldPopulationbyCountry">{{cite web|title=Countries in the world by population (2022)|url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/|website=worldometers|access-date=2 June 2022|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105162622/http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[List of countries by population density|Population<br>density]]<br />(per km<sup>2</sup>)
! [[List of countries by life expectancy|Life<br>expectancy at birth]]<br />(2020)<ref name="LifeExpectancyofWorldPopulation">{{cite web|title=Life Expectancy of the World Population|url=https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/|website=worldometers|access-date=2 June 2022|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172003/https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[List of countries by median age|Median<br>age]]<br />(2020)
! [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate|Birth rate]]<br />(2015)
! [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by mortality rate|Death rate]]<br />(2023)
! [[List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate|Fertility<br>rate]]<br />(2020)
! [[List of countries by net migration rate|Net<br>migration<br>rate]]<br />(2015–2020)
! [[List of countries by population growth rate|Population<br>growth rate]]<br />(2023)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" | 1,106
| align="center" | 7,496,981
| align="center" | 7,140
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 85.29
| align="center" | 45
| align="center" | 0.8%
| align="center" | 0.80%
| align="center" | 0.87<ref>[https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINHKG Fertility Rate, Total for Hong Kong SAR, China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122230310/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINHKG |date=22 November 2022 }} Economic Research. Retrieved 22 November 2022.</ref>
| align="center" | 0.40%
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 0.15
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
| align="center" | 728
| align="center" | 5,850,342
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 8,358
| align="center" | 84.07
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 42
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 0.9%
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 0.42%
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1.10<ref>[https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINSGP Fertility Rate, Total for Singapore] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122230310/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINSGP |date=22 November 2022 }} Economic Research. Retrieved 22 November 2022.</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 0.47%
| align="center" | 0.90
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 100,210
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 51,269,185
| align="center" | 527
| align="center" | 83.50
| align="center" | 44
| align="center" | 0.8%
| align="center" | 0.73%
| align="center" | 0.84<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kedglobal.com/dwindling-population/newsView/ked202102250004 |title=S.Korea's birth rate decline accelerates to world's lowest |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122230311/https://www.kedglobal.com/dwindling-population/newsView/ked202102250004 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | 0.02%
| align="center" | 0.23
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" | 36,197
| align="center" | 23,816,775
| align="center" | 673
| align="center" | 81.04
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 42
| align="center" | 0.8%
| align="center" | 0.80%
| align="center" | 0.99<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://new7.storm.mg/article/4117528 |title=婚育危機1》人口「生不如死」爆國安危機 各級政府對應卻如「扮家家酒」 |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122230312/https://new7.storm.mg/article/4117528 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" | 0.13%
| align="center" | 0.03
|}

=== Economy ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! rowspan=2|Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! colspan=2|GDP (millions of USD, 2024)
! colspan=2|GDP per capita (USD, 2024)
! rowspan=2| [[International trade|Trade]]<br />(billions of<br>USD, 2023)
! colspan=2|(billions of USD, 2023)
! rowspan=2|[[List of countries by industrial production growth rate|Industrial<br>growth<br>rate (%)]] (2023)
! rowspan=2|Currency
|-
! [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|Nominal]]
! [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|PPP]]
! [[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|Nominal]]
! [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|PPP]]
! [[List of countries by exports|Exports]]
! [[List of countries by imports|Imports]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" | 422,057
| align="center" | 569,830
| align="center" | 53,165
| align="center" | 75,128
| align="center" | 1,416
| align="center" | 673.3
| align="center" | 669.1
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 5.1
| align="center" | [[Hong Kong dollar]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
| align="center" | 561,725
| align="center" | 879,980
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 89,370
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 148,186
| align="center" | 917
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 778.0
| align="center" | 475.5
| align="center" | -2.9
| align="center" | [[Singapore dollar]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1,947,133
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 3,260,000
| align="center" | 36,132
| align="center" | 62,960
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 1,663
| align="center" | 769.5
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 738.4
| align="center" | -1.1
| align="center" | [[South Korean won]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" | 814,438
| align="center" | 1,840,000
| align="center" | 33,234
| align="center" | 79,031
| align="center" | 1,005
| align="center" | 536.1
| align="center" | 437.3
| align="center" | 3.9
| align="center" | [[New Taiwan dollar]]
|}

=== Quality of life ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! [[List of countries by Human Development Index|Human Development Index]]<br /> (2021 data)
! [[List of countries by income equality|Income inequality]]<br /> by [[Gini coefficient]]
! [[Developed country#Gallup median household and per-capita income|Median household income]]<br />(2013), USD PPP<ref name="gallup, inc.">{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/166211/worldwide-median-household-income-000.aspx|title=Worldwide, Median Household Income About $10,000|author=Gallup, Inc.|website=gallup.com|date=16 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205015909/http://www.gallup.com/poll/166211/worldwide-median-household-income-000.aspx|archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>
! [[Developed country#Gallup median household and per-capita income|Median per-capita income]]<br />(2013), USD PPP<ref name="gallup, inc."/>
! [[Gallup (company)|Global Well Being Index]]<br />(2010), % thriving<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gallup.com/file/poll/126965/GlobalWellbeing_Rpt_POLL_0310_lowres.pdf|title=Gallup® Global Wellbeing: The Behavioral Economics of GDP Growth|publisher=Gallup|access-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020602/http://www.gallup.com/file/poll/126965/GlobalWellbeing_Rpt_POLL_0310_lowres.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | 0.952 (4th)
| align="center" | 53.9 (2016)
| align="center" | 35,443
| align="center" | 9,705
| align="center" | 19%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
|  align="center" | 0.939 (12th)
| align="center" | 46.4 (2014)
| align="center" | 32,360
| align="center" | 7,345
| align="center" | 19%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" | 0.925 (19th)
| align="center" | 34.1 (2015)
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 40,861
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 11,350
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 28%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" | 0.926 (–){{efn|name=TW_HDI|The [[Human Development Report|HDI annual report]] compiled by the [[UNDP]] does not include Taiwan because it is no longer a UN member state, and is neither included as part of the People's Republic of China by the UNDP when calculating data for China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-2020-readers-guide|title=Human Development Report 2020: Reader's Guide|publisher=United Nation Development Program|date=2020|access-date=12 March 2021|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416000749/http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-2020-readers-guide|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics|Taiwan's Statistical Bureau]] calculated its HDI for 2021 to be 0.926 based on UNDP's 2010 methodology,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eng.stat.gov.tw/public/Data/1513164433IGBKG0IN.pdf|title=What is the human development index (HDI)? How are relevant data queried?|publisher=Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC)|access-date=14 March 2021|archive-date=12 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612071634/https://eng.stat.gov.tw/public/Data/1513164433IGBKG0IN.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://win.dgbas.gov.tw/eyimc/ebook/SB/statistcs-brief_opf_files/pdfs/statistcs-brief__.pdf|title=人類發展指數(Human Development Index, HDI)|publisher=Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC)|date=6 January 2011|access-date=13 March 2021|language=zh-tw|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414101606/https://win.dgbas.gov.tw/eyimc/ebook/SB/statistcs-brief_opf_files/pdfs/statistcs-brief__.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> which would place Taiwan at 19th globally in 2021 within the 2022 UNDP report.<ref name="HDI 2021">{{cite web|url=https://ws.dgbas.gov.tw/Download.ashx?u=LzAwMS9VcGxvYWQvMC9yZWxmaWxlLzExMDIwLzIyOTU5MS9iNDdhNmYyYy1jNjY2LTRjZDAtYmQ2Ni03OGEyYjMwMmM4MzkucGRm&n=TjExMTEwMTQucGRm&icon=.pdf|title=國情統計通報（第 195 號）|publisher=[[Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics]], Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC)|date=14 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2022|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211120125/https://ws.dgbas.gov.tw/Download.ashx?u=LzAwMS9VcGxvYWQvMC9yZWxmaWxlLzExMDIwLzIyOTU5MS9iNDdhNmYyYy1jNjY2LTRjZDAtYmQ2Ni03OGEyYjMwMmM4MzkucGRm&n=TjExMTEwMTQucGRm&icon=.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eng.stat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=25280&ctNode=6032&mp=5|title=National Statistics, Republic of China (Taiwan)|publisher=Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (ROC)|date=14 October 2022|access-date=16 October 2022|archive-date=16 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016192219/https://eng.stat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=25280&ctNode=6032&mp=5|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | 33.6 (2014)
| align="center" | 32,762
| align="center" | 6,882
| align="center" | 22%
|}

=== Technology ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! [[List of countries by Internet connection speeds|Average Internet connection speed]]<br /> (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opensignal.com/sites/opensignal-com/files/data/reports/pdf-only/data-2020-05/state_of_mobile_experience_may_2020_opensignal_3_0.pdf |title=The state of mobile network experience |publisher=Opensignal |access-date=29 June 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524234101/https://www.opensignal.com/sites/opensignal-com/files/data/reports/pdf-only/data-2020-05/state_of_mobile_experience_may_2020_opensignal_3_0.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! [[List of countries by smartphone penetration|Smartphone usage]]<br /> (2016)
! [[List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources|Use of renewable electricity]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" | 21.8 Mbit/s
| align="center" | 87%<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.visa.com.hk/en_HK/aboutvisa/mediacenter/nr_hk_20112015_HKeCommsurveyrelease1_Eng.html | title=Visa Survey: Hongkongers choosing mobile to browse and purchase online | publisher=[[Visa Inc.]] | date=9 November 2015 | access-date=30 August 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904074227/http://www.visa.com.hk/en_HK/aboutvisa/mediacenter/nr_hk_20112015_HKeCommsurveyrelease1_Eng.html | archive-date=4 September 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| align="center" | 0.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
| align="center"| 47.5 Mbit/s
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 100%<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telecomasia.net/content/singapore-leads-sea-smartphone-mbb-adoption | title=Singapore leads SEA in smartphone, MBB adoption | publisher=telecomasia.net | date=8 June 2016 | access-date=30 August 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902033642/http://www.telecomasia.net/content/singapore-leads-sea-smartphone-mbb-adoption | archive-date=2 September 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| align="center" | 3.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 59.6 Mbit/s
| align="center" | 89%
| align="center" | 2.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" |  28.9 Mbit/s
| align="center" | 78%<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.androidauthority.com/taiwan-next-billion-dollar-app-market-700239/ | title="Made for Taiwan": the next billion-dollar app market | publisher=androidauthority.com | date=26 June 2016 | access-date=30 August 2016 | author=Carlon, Kris | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720225742/http://www.androidauthority.com/taiwan-next-billion-dollar-app-market-700239/ | archive-date=20 July 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 4.4%
|}

=== Politics ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! [[Democracy Index]]<br />(2022)
! [[Press Freedom Index|Press<br>Freedom<br>Index]]<br />(2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2023|title=Index 2023 – Global score|website=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=10 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510151133/https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption<br>Perceptions<br>Index]]<br />(2022)
! [[Global Competitiveness Report|Global<br>Competitiveness<br>Index]]<br />(2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2019.pdf|title=The Global Competitiveness Report 2019|accessdate=Oct 21, 2022|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009004538/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
! [[Ease of doing business index|Ease of<br>doing<br>business<br> index]]<br />(2020)
! [[Americans for Tax Reform|Property rights index]]<br />(2015)
! [[Bribe Payers Index]]<br />(2011)
! width=200|Current political status
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" | 5.28
| align="center" | 44.86
| align="center" | 76
| align="center" | 83.1
| align="center" | Very Easy (3rd)
| align="center" | 7.6
| align="center" | 7.6
| style="text-align:left;" | Executive-led Special Administrative<br />Region of the People's Republic of China
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
| align="center" | 6.22
| align="center" | 47.88
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 85
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 84.8
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| Very Easy (2nd)
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 8.1
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 8.3
| style="text-align:left;" | Parliamentary Republic
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" | 8.03
| align="center" | 70.83
| align="center" | 63
| align="center" | 79.6
| align="center" | Very Easy (5th)
| align="center" | 5.9
| align="center" | 7.9
| style="text-align:left;" | Presidential Republic
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc| 8.99
| align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | 75.54
| align="center" | 68
| align="center" | 80.2
| align="center" | Very Easy (15th)
| align="center" | 6.9
| align="center" | 7.5
| style="text-align:left;" | Semi-Presidential Republic
|}

=== Organizations and groups ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Country or <br />[[Territory (country subdivision)|territory]]
! UN
! [[World Trade Organization|WTO]]
! [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]
! [[Development Assistance Committee|DAC]]
! [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]]
! [[Asian Development Bank|ADB]]
! [[Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank|AIIB]]
! [[South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre|SEACEN]]
! [[G-20 major economies|G20]]
! [[East Asia Summit|EAS]]
! [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201410/31/P201410310842.htm|title=HKMA joins SEACEN|date=31 October 2014|publisher=Hong Kong Government|agency=Hong Kong Monetary Authority|access-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217170022/http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201410/31/P201410310842.htm|archive-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}} ([[ASEAN Plus Three|APT]])
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}{{efn|Founding member of the United Nations and permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council]] ([[China and the United Nations|1945–1971]])}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{Y}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | {{N}}
|}