In the left-hand chart, "East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income)" covers the "East Asia & Pacific" (a country and region grouping employed in the World Bank's World Development Indicators) excluding high-income countries and regions (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Singapore). 2.
In the right-hand chart, the figures are based on the aggregated amount outstanding of local currency bond markets in China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. 1 Sources: Asian Bond Online; World Bank, "World Development Indicators."