ASEAN: top challenges faced by country 2024

In a survey conducted in ten Southeast Asian countries in 2024, a huge share of respondents across all countries saw unemployment and economic recession as the biggest challenge faced by the region in 2024. Around 76.8 percent of residents in the Philippines perceived climate change challenges to be a bigger threat in 2024.

Leading socio-political and economic challenges faced in Southeast Asia in 2024, by country

Characteristic	Unemployment and economic recession	Climate change and more intense and frequent weather events	Domestic political instability	Increased military tensions arising from potential flashpoints	Intensifying economic tensions between major powers	Deteriorating human rights conditions	Widening socio-economic gaps and rising income disparity	Terrorism
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Release date

April 2024

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Region

Asia, APAC

Survey time period

January 3 to February 28, 2024

Number of respondents

1,994 respondents

Special properties

among Southeast Asian respondents

Method of interview

CAPI interview, questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Original question: "What are the top 3 challenges facing Southeast Asia?"

ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations and is a political and economic union composed of the ten member states Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Respondent share by nationality:

Brunei: n = 3.9%
Cambodia: n = 9.5%
Indonesia: n = 13.3%
Laos: n = 8%
Malaysia: n = 11.3%
Myanmar: n = 9.%
Philippines: n = 7.6%
Singapore: n = 15.9%
Thailand: n = 11%
Vietnam: n = 10.4%

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