ASEAN, however, has a Gross Domestic Saving rate of 31%. Applying these figures to the USD2.395 trillion GDP of ASEAN in 2013 , we have ASEAN saving at USD742.5 billion of which USD263.5 billion (i.e., 11% of GDP) can be seen as a saving that is higher than the norm for the rest of the world.
These are not small numbers, a good portion of which is invested outside of ASEAN. When combined with the estimated ASEAN population of over 600 million individuals, a more organized ASEAN financial market does seem to make its own case.