[Analytics] Have Macron’s comments caused trouble for Southeast Asia’s Muslim govts?
Malaysia and Indonesia’s governments have been pressured by their citizens to take a strict line…
Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is an economy with a population of 261 million people. When it co-founded APEC in 1989, Indonesia’s real GDP was USD 288 billion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 1,600. By 2016, its real GDP more than tripled at USD 1 trillion, while its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 4,000.
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