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The "South East Asia Statistics (SEAsia Stats)" Website recently published the Length of the Railway Lines of each of the Countries in South East Asia (SEA) that has them based on their own Research taken from Data from various Sources, and as we can see the Philippines has among the LEAST Railway Line Length in the Region, despite the Fact that it has one of the largest Population Sizes in SEA.

Note that two Countries, Laos and Cambodia have more Railway the Lines than the Philippines despite them having much lower Population Sizes than the Philippines at only 8 to 18 million People, compared to the 120 million in the Philippines.

The only Country that the Philippines has more Railway Lines is Singapore, which everybody knows is a pretty small Country, with a Population Size of only 6 million People in a Land Area that is only one-third that of the size of Davao City.

Singapore is, of course a very Progressive City-State and their Railway Lines are among the best in the World, which the same can't be said about the Philippines. All of the other major SEA Countries like Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia have 5 to 20 times the Railway Length compared to the Philippines.

And yet despite this, the current Administration insists on buying such expensive F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 70/72 Aircraft from the United States (US) instead of spending it on Infrastructure so we can at least catch up a bit more with our SEA Neighbors.

Here is the Link to the original Post of SEAsia Stats on their Facebook Page: https://web.facebook.com/seastats/posts/pfbid02EPb5SrRtnkbuvBKaZP2tNX4mgEVsfs1ketaEFeMwzvGCQECiScRGgXduh3G2EXVhl

SOURCE: SEAsia Stats Facebook Page Post, 04/06/25 – 1241H {Archived Link}

[rhk111sblog]

The Visual Capitalist has just published an Infographic showing the "Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita" of all Countries in South East Asia (SEA) as of April 2024, and as usual, the Philippines is among the bottom Part of the Rankings.

"GDP per Capita" simply means the GDP of a Country divided by its Population Size. It is one measure of a Country's Progress and Prosperity, meaning the higher it is, the better and vice versa, the lower it is then the worse.

The Philippines' GDP per Capita of only Usd 4k is only higher than that of Myanmar (Usd 1k), Timor Leste (Usd 1k), Laos (Usd 2k) and Cambodia (Usd 3k).

It is significantly lower than Singapore (Usd 88k), Brunei (Usd 35k), Malaysia (Usd 13k) and Thailand (Usd 8k). It is lower than that of Indonesia (Usd 5k) and Vietnam (Usd 5k).

This again shows the Sad State of our Country, where it has been consistently at the Tail End of Progress and Development, even in the SEA Region only.

Here is the Link to the Article at the Voronoi Website: https://posts.voronoiapp.com/economy/-Singapore-is-Southeast-Asias-Richest-Nation-1206

I have now also made this available as a Blog Post at https://therhk111philippinedefenseupdates.blogspot.com/2024/05/visual-capitalist-2024-infographic-gdp-capita-sea.html