Republic of Korea

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Hong Kong, China, Census and Statistics Department, Survey on “Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases”, 2013 and General Household Survey. Note: Poverty statistics refer to statistics after recurrent cash intervention. Population includes only those in domestic households but excludes foreign domestic helpers; Indonesia, BPS, SUSENAS Consumption and Expenditure Module, 2020; Kyrgyzstan, data source not specified, 2020; Mongolia, Household Socio-economic Survey, 2018. Note: Population above 18 years old; Philippines, Merged Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), 2018 and Labor Force Survey (LFS), January 2019; Republic of Korea, Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute, Poverty and Income Inequality Index of Persons with Disabilities, 2021.

Notes:

Labour force participation rates were calculated by ESCAP based on labour force and working-age population data sourced from ILOSTAT and ESCAP government survey responses. ILOSTAT was the primary data source.

Data source:

• ILOSTAT, “Data catalogue”, data base. Available at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/ (accessed on 3 April 2022): Afghanistan, Labour Force Survey, 2020; Armenia, Household Labour Force Survey, 2020; Cambodia, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Cook Islands, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Fiji, Employment, Unemployment Survey, 2016; Indonesia, National Labour Force Survey, 2021; Kiribati, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Labour Force Survey, 2017; Maldives, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019; Marshall Islands, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019; Mongolia, Labour Force Survey,2020; Myanmar, Labour Force Survey, 2015; Papua New Guinea, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010; Samoa, Labour Force Survey, 2017; Sri Lanka, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Thailand, Household Socio-Economic Survey, 2019; Timor-Leste, Labour Force Survey, 2016; Tonga, Labour Force Survey, 2018; Vanuatu, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019.
• Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Philippines, Philippine Statistics Authority, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Republic of Korea, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Survey on the Economic Activities of Persons with Disabilities, 2021 and Statistics Korea, Survey on Economically Active Population, 2021.

Notes:

Employment-to-population ratios were calculated by ESCAP based on employment and working-age population data sourced from ILOSTAT and ESCAP government survey responses. ILOSTAT was the primary data source.

Data source:

• ILOSTAT, “Data catalogue”, data base. Available at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/ (accessed on 3 April 2022): Afghanistan, Labour Force Survey, 2020; Armenia, Household Labour Force Survey, 2020; Cambodia, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Cook Islands, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Fiji, Employment, Unemployment Survey, 2016; Indonesia, National Labour Force Survey, 2021; Kiribati, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Labour Force Survey, 2017; Maldives, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019; Marshall Islands, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019; Mongolia, Labour Force Survey, 2020; Myanmar, Labour Force Survey, 2015; Papua New Guinea, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010; Samoa, Labour Force Survey, 2017; Sri Lanka, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Thailand, Household Socio-Economic Survey, 2019; Timor-Leste, Labour Force Survey, 2016; Tonga, Labour Force Survey, 2018; Vanuatu, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019.
• Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Philippines, Philippine Statistics Authority, Labour Force Survey, 2019; Republic of Korea, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Survey on the Economic Activities of Persons with Disabilities, 2021 and Statistics Korea, Survey on Economically Active Population, 2021.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Notes:

Data do not necessarily refer to the total number of participants in government-funded vocational training programmes in the respective country or territory.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Japan, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, April 2020–March 2021; Hong Kong, China, Vocational Training Council, September 2013–August 2021. Note: The Vocational Training Council offers a wide range of vocational and professional education and training programmes to all applicants who meet the admission requirements, regardless of their disabilities; Kyrgyzstan, data source not specified, January 2021–December 2021; Mongolia, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, TVET Report 2021/2022, January 2021–December 2021; Pakistan, National Vocational & Technical Training Commission, 2019–2022; Republic of Korea, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Status of vocational competency development training for persons with disabilities, 2020. Note: Sex-disaggregated figures were estimated based on the Panel Survey of Employment for Persons with Disabilities, 5th Wave, and Ministry of Employment and Labor, Status of vocational competency development project, 2020; Thailand, Planning and Information Division, Department of Skill Development, October 2021; Türkiye, Turkish Employment Agency, 2013–November 2021.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Notes:

Data do not necessarily refer to the total number of participants in government-funded employment support programmes in the respective country or territory.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bhutan, Department of Employment and Human Resources, Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, Administrative data, 2021; Hong Kong, China, Selective Placement Division of Labour Department, January-December 2020; Japan, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, April 2020–March 2021; Republic of Korea, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Project Outcomes 2020 and Ministry of Employment and Labor, Yearbook of Employment and Labor Statistics 2021, January–December 2020; Türkiye, Turkish Employment Agency, January 2018–December 2020.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bhutan, Election Commission of Bhutan, as of November 2018; Fiji, Parliament of the Republic of Fiji, as of November 2018. Note: http://www.parliament.gov.fj/members-of-parliament/; Hong Kong, China, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, China, as of January 2022. Note: The Legislative Council has 90 members for the seventh term (2022–2025), with 40 members returned by Election Committee constituencies, 30 members returned by functional constituencies and 20 members by geographical constituencies. As at 4 Jan 2022, no Legislative Council members have declared that they are persons with disabilities; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, National Assembly of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as of March 2021; Marshall Islands, RMI Nitjjela, November 2019-November 2023; Republic of Korea, National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea, as of April 2020. Note: 21st legislative election (April 2020); Russian Federation, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Note: According to information from open public data (media publications, the official website of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (duma.gov.ru), etc.), in the current composition of the Deputies of the State Duma of the VIII convocation, at least five members of parliament are persons with disabilities; Singapore, Singapore Parliament Secretariat, March 2016-June 2020; Thailand, Secretariat of the House of Representatives of Thailand, March 2019-March 2023; Türkiye, Supreme Election Council of Türkiye, June 2018-December 2021.

Notes:

** Authorized representatives refer to members of organizations of or for persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, persons with autism, persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with psychosocial disabilities, among other disability groups.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bangladesh, National Coordination Committee; Brunei Darussalam, Special Committee on Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly; Cambodia, Disability Action Council; Fiji, National Council for Persons with Disabilities; French Polynesia, Disability Council; Hong Kong, China, Rehabilitation Advisory Committee. Note: Among the 32 members, 5 are ex-officio members and 27 are non-official members (including 14 male and 13 female members). Non-official members are appointed in their personal capacity on the basis of the merits of the candidates, taking into account their ability, expertise, experience, integrity and commitment to public service and with due regard to the functions and nature of business of the Committee; India, Central Advisory Board on Disability; Indonesia, National Coordination Team on Disability; Japan, Commission on Policy for Persons with Disabilities; Kyrgyzstan, Council for Persons with Disabilities; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, National Committee for Persons with Disabilities; Malaysia, National Council for Persons with Disabilities; Maldives, National Disability Council. Note: Three positions are currently open. One of the open positions is reserved for a person with a disability. Depending on who fills the other two openings, the overall number of members with disabilities could be higher; Mongolia, National Steering Committee to Protect the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Pakistan, National Committee for Implementation of UNCRPD, Incheon Strategy and Other International Commitments Pertaining to Disabilities; Philippines, National Council on Disability Affairs Board; Republic of Korea, Policy Coordination Committee for Persons with Disabilities; Russian Federation, Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for Persons with Disabilities; Singapore, Enabling Masterplan 2030 Steering Committee; Thailand, National Committee for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities; Tonga, National Disability Taskforce; Türkiye, Monitoring and Evaluation Board on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Vanuatu, National Disability Committee.

Notes:

Some countries and territories provided the number of members who represent the cause of women in general, including women and girls with disabilities. Members do not specifically represent the cause of women and girls with disabilities.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bangladesh, National Council for Women and Child Development; Fiji, National Women’s Machinery; Hong Kong, China, Women’s Commission. Note: Among the 24 members of the Women’s Commission, 3 are ex-officio members and 21 are non-official members (including 3 male and 18 female members). The appointment of members to the Commission is on the basis of the merits of the candidates, taking into account their ability, expertise, experience, integrity and commitment to public service and with due regard to the functions and nature of business of the Commission. There is no specific seat designated for representing the cause of women and girls with disabilities; Japan, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, Council for Gender Equality and Headquarters for the Promotion of Gender Equality. Note: The Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office has around 50 full-time employees; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, National Commission for the Advancement of Women and Mothers-Children; Mongolia, National Committee of Gender Equality; Pakistan, National Commission on the Status of Women. Note: The Commission is working under the Ministry of Human Rights to monitor the situation of women’s rights in the country. It comprises 1 Chairperson and 12 members; Philippines, Philippine Commission on Women; Republic of Korea, Gender Equality Council; Singapore, Office for Women’s Development, Inter-Ministry Committee on CEDAW.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bhutan; Election Commission of Bhutan, 2021; Hong Kong, China, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, January-September 2021; Kyrgyzstan, data source not specified, October 2019–April 2022; Marshall Islands; data source not specified, January 1993–January 2022; Mongolia, National Authority of State Registration, January–December 2021; Philippines, Special Election Registration Board (ERB) Hearing, November 2021; Republic of Korea, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute, Report of Complete Enumeration Survey on the Amenities for Persons with Disabilities, 2018 & National Election Commission, Overview of the 21st Legislative Election, 2020; Singapore, Elections Department, July 2020.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Hong Kong, China, Chief Secretary for Administration's Office. Note: Data refer to the central government offices where a number of major government bureaux and departments are located; Mongolia, Report of Digital Network Point of Capital City, January–December 2021; Philippines, data source not specified, January–December 2014; Republic of Korea, Report of Complete Enumeration Survey on the Amenities for Persons with Disabilities 2018, May–August 2018; Singapore, Building and Construction Authority, 2022; Türkiye, Ministry of Family and Social Services and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, January–December 2021. Note: Accessibility of buildings, structures and transportation vehicles in Türkiye is inspected by the Accessibility Monitoring and Inspection Commissions. This inspection is made upon application or ex officio. An Accessibility Certificate is given to those who meet the accessibility criteria. Data refer to those whose inspection process has been completed by the Commissions and who have been given an accessibility certificate.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bhutan, data source not specified, 2021; China, data source not specified, December 2021; Hong Kong, China, data source not specified; Indonesia, Ministry of Transportation, 2021. Note: Data refer to the number of national and international airports; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Public Work and Transport, 2021; Mongolia, General Authority of Civil Aviation, January-December 2021; Republic of Korea, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Investigative Study on Travel Convenience of the Transportation Vulnerable, 2019–2020; Singapore, Ministry of Transport, 2020; Thailand, Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand; Türkiye, Ministry of Family and Social Services and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, December 2020-December 2021. Note: Accessibility of buildings, structures and transportation vehicles in Türkiye is inspected by the Accessibility Monitoring and Inspection Commissions. This inspection is made upon application or ex officio. An Accessibility Certificate is given to those who meet the accessibility criteria. Data refer to those whose inspection process has been completed by the Commissions and who have been given an Accessibility Certificate.

Notes:

Figures have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Discrepancies may occur between the sum of component items and the total.
* Figures exclude persons who do not leave home. Total is less than the sum of the components as persons may have more than one difficulty.
** Persons with disabilities include those who do not have a specific restriction or limitation.

Data source:

Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings”, web page. Available at https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/disability/disability-ageing-and-carers-australia-summary-findings/latest-release (accessed on 22 April 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bhutan, Disabled People’s Organization of Bhutan, administrative data and Bhutan Broadcasting Service, Annual Report 2020, September 2019–December 2021. Note: Programmes on BBS1 and BBS2. ESCAP adjustments based on reported data on weekly programmes; China, data sourced from CCTV (https://www.cctv.com/), December 2021. Note: Programmes on CCTV13. Sign language interpretation services are available for at least one hour per day; Fiji, data sourced from Fiji One (https://www.fijione.tv/), FBC TV (https://www.fbctv.com.fj/) and Mai TV (https://maitvfiji.com/), 2022. Note: Programmes on Fiji One, FBC TV and Mai TV; Hong Kong, China, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, October 2020–September 2021. Note: “Hong Kong Today” on RTHK TV31. Sign language was available in “Hong Kong Today” starting from July 2021; Philippines, MTRCB Monitoring and Inspection Unit, January 2021–January 2022. Note: Programmes on PTV4; Republic of Korea, Weekly program guides (KBS, YTN, MBC), March 2022. Note: Programmes on KBS 1, KBS 2, YTN and MBC; Singapore, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, 2021. Note: Programmes on CNA, Channel 5, Channel 8, Channel U, Suria and Vasantham; Thailand, Office of the NBTC, August 2020–2022. Note: Estimates based on programmes on 21 digital channels; Türkiye, Radio and Television Supreme Council, January–December 2021. Note: Programmes on TRT HABER (TRT NEWS: October 2019–December 2021), TRT SPOR (TRT SPORT: January 2012–January 2022), TRT ÇOCUK (TRT KIDs: March 2021–January 2022) and TRT WORLD (January 2020–January 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Data source:

WIPO, “WIPO-administrated treaties, contracting parties, Marrakesh VIP Treaty”, web page. Available at https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/treaties/ShowResults?start_year=ANY&end_year=ANY&search_what=C&code=ALL&treaty_id=843 (accessed on 24 August 2022).

Data source:

• WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Rehabilitation and Disability in the Western Pacific (Manila, 2017).
• For more information, please see WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Rehabilitation and Disability in the Western Pacific (Manila, 2017).

Data source:

• ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).
• For more information, please see WHO, Brief Model Disability Survey: 2019 Results for India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan (Geneva, 2021) and WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Rehabilitation and Disability in the Western Pacific (Manila, 2017).

Data source:

ILO, “Statistics on social protection, SDG indicator 1.3.1 - Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems”, database. Available at https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/social-protection/ (accessed on 3 April 2022): All data refer to the year 2020, except for French Polynesia (2016), Kyrgyzstan (2019) and New Zealand (2019).

Notes:

* Negligible value.

Data source:

ADB, The Social Protection Indicator for Asia: Assessing Progress (Manila, 2019) and ADB, The Social Protection Indicator for the Pacific: Assessing Progress (Manila, 2019): ADB estimates based on Social Protection Indicator country reports, 2017.

Data source:

ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey and ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey and ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey and UN-Women, “WRD Policy Tracker”, web page. Available at https://wrd.unwomen.org/policy-tracker#map-table (accessed on 29 April 2022).

Data source:

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “Statistics, SDG Indicators Database”, database. Available at https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/database (accessed on 29 April 2022): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2022). Afghanistan, 2019; Armenia, 2020; Australia, 2020; Azerbaijan, 2017; Bangladesh, 2021; Bhutan, 2018; Cambodia, 2019; China, 2020; Fiji, 2020; Georgia, 2020; India, 2020; Indonesia, 2020; Japan, 2020; Kazakhstan, 2020; Kiribati, 2020; Kyrgyzstan, 2019; Malaysia, 2020; Maldives, 2017; Marshall Islands, 2020; Federated States of Micronesia, 2020; Mongolia, 2020; Myanmar, 2017; Nauru, 2020; Nepal, 2019; New Zealand, 2020; Pakistan, 2020; Palau, 2020; Papua New Guinea, 2020; Philippines, 2020; Republic of Korea, 2020; Russian Federation, 2020; Samoa, 2020; Solomon Islands, 2021; Sri Lanka, 2020; Tajikistan, 2020; Thailand, 2020; Tonga, 2020; Türkiye, 2017; Turkmenistan, 2019; Tuvalu, 2020; Uzbekistan, 2020; Vanuatu, 2020.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey and ESCAP mapping of State party’s reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The reports can be found at OHCHR, “UN Treaty Body Database”, database. Available at https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4 (accessed on 2 May 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Fiji, Audit Report on General Administration, Social Services and Economic Services Sectors (2018), Report of the Audit General of the Republic of Fiji (2019), Performance Audit on the Access for Persons with Disabilities to Public Offices and Public Transport (2020), April 2020; Hong Kong, China, Home Affairs Bureau, November 2021; Republic of Korea, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute, Complete Enumeration Survey on the Amenities for Persons with Disabilities, 2018; Singapore, Ministry of Home Affairs, 2021; Thailand, data source not specified.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey and government-reported data available online (accessed on 22-25 May 2022): Afghanistan, CRPD/C/AFG/1, 2020. Note: data sourced from Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey 2017; American Samoa, United States Census Bureau, Population Census, 2010, https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2010/dec/american-samoa.html; Armenia, CRPD/C/ARM/2-3, 2020 and Statistical Yearbook of Armenia, 2020, https://armstat.am/en/?nid=586&year=2020. Note: Registered persons with disabilities as of 1 January 2020, including 1st disability group, 2nd disability group, 3rd disability group and children with disabilities, total de jure population at the beginning of 2020; Australia, Australia Bureau of Statistics, Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2018, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/disability/disability-ageing-and-carers-australia-summary-findings/2018. Note: Persons with disabilities are defined as those experiencing any limitation, restriction or impairment which restricts everyday activities and has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least six months; Azerbaijan, ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: Data estimated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, 2011; Bangladesh, response to the ESCAP government survey, Department of Social Service, Ministry of Social Welfare, Disability Information Survey Program. Note: Total population data (2022) were sourced by ESCAP from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects 2019, https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/; Bhutan, response to the ESCAP government survey, Population & Housing Census of Bhutan, 2017. Note: Washington Group questions on functioning were used; Brunei Darussalam, ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: Data sourced from Population Census 2011, Early Intervention Medical Report and Walk-in Welfare and Disability Registration; Cambodia, response to the ESCAP government survey, data source not specified; China, response to the ESCAP government survey, Second National Disability Sample Survey, 2006. Note: The survey used its own standard for disability classification; Cook Islands, response to the ESCAP government survey, Cook Islands Population Census, 2016, http://www.mfem.gov.ck/images/documents/Statistics_Docs/5.Census-Surveys/6.Population-and-Dwelling_2016/2016_CENSUS_REPORT-FINAL.pdf. Note: Persons with disabilities refer to the population aged 10 and above with difficulty in seeing, hearing, walking, using hands, learning, communication or self-care, lasting 6 months or more; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, CRPD/C/PRK/1, Annex, 2018. Note: Data sourced from Central Bureau of Statistics, 2017; Fiji, Response to the ESCAP government survey, Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Draft Fiji Disability Monograph, 2017. Note: Population aged 5 and above. The number of persons with disabilities was calculated based on the "a lot of difficulty" cut-off; French Polynesia, ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: Data reported by the Ministry of Health, 2005; Georgia, National Statistics Office of Georgia, General Population Census Results-Disability, 2014, https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/742/disability. Note: Persons with disabilities include disability I group, II group, III group and children with disabilities. Some people refused to reveal information on their disability status, and some people's disability status were not stated; Guam, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disability and Health Data System (DHDS) Data, 2020, https://dhds.cdc.gov/SP?LocationId=66&CategoryId=DISEST&ShowFootnotes=true&showMode=&IndicatorIds=STATTYPE,AGEIND,SEXIND,RACEIND,VETIND&pnl0=Chart,false,YR5,CAT1,BO1,,,,AGEADJPREV&pnl1=Chart,false,YR5,DISSTAT,,,,,PREV&pnl2=Chart,false,YR5,DISSTAT,,,,,AGEADJPREV&pnl3=Chart,false,YR5,DISSTAT,,,,,AGEADJPREV&pnl4=Chart,false,YR5,DISSTAT,,,,,AGEADJPREV. Note: Weighted population aged 18 and above. Questions on whether a person had difficulty in functioning domains were asked. Respondents were defined as having any disability if they answered “Yes” to one or more of these questions; Hong Kong, China, response to the ESCAP government survey, Census and Statistics Department, Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases, 2020 and Census and Statistics Department, General Household Survey and Survey of Institutional Residents with Disabilities and Selected Health Conditions, 2020. Note: Persons with disabilities were defined as those who (a) had perceived themselves as having one or more of the following four conditions (the level of difficulty should fulfil “a lot of difficulty” or “cannot do at all”) which had lasted, or were likely to last, for a period of six months or more at the time of enumeration: (1) restriction in body movement; (2) seeing difficulty; (3) hearing difficulty; (4) communication difficulty; or (b) had been diagnosed by related professionals as having one or more of the following four conditions: (5) mental illness/mood disorder; (6) autism spectrum disorder; (7) specific learning difficulties, and (8) attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The Census and Statistics Department has only collected information regarding the type(s) of disabilities the interviewee has disclosed, instead of confirming whether a person is not experiencing any kind of disability; India, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Annual Report 2021?2022, https://disabilityaffairs.gov.in/content/page/annual-report.php. Note: Data sourced from Census, 2011 and Office of the Registrar & Census Commissioner, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website; Indonesia, response to the ESCAP government survey, Intercensal Population Survey, 2015. Note: Population aged 2 years and above; Islamic Republic of Iran, ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: Data sourced from Population Census, 2011; Japan, response to the ESCAP government survey, data reported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2016. Note: Total number of persons with disabilities refers to the sum of persons with physical, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities; Kazakhstan, CRPD/C/KAZ/1, 2017; Kiribati, National Statistics Office of Kiribati, Pacific Community’s Statistics for Development Division and UNICEF, Kiribati Disability Monograph from the 2015 Population and Housing Census, 2017, https://sdd.spc.int/digital_library/kiribati-disability-monograph-2015-population-and-housing-census. Note: Population aged 5 years and above. Persons with disabilities are defined as those with severe and "cannot do at all" functional limitation in at least one functioning domain; Kyrgyzstan, response to the ESCAP government survey, data sourced from the Medical-Social Expert Commission and the National Statistics Committee, 2021; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, response to the ESCAP government survey, Population and Housing Census, 2015. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Macao, China, Statistics and Census Service, Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, Population Census, 2011, https://www.dsec.gov.mo/en-US/Statistic?id=103; Malaysia, National Institutes of Health and Ministry of Health, National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019: Non-communicable Diseases, Healthcare Demand and Health Literacy, 2020, https://iku.gov.my/nhms-2019. Note: Population aged 18 years and above. Overall disability was defined as having a lot of difficulty in two functioning domains or cannot do at all in one domain; Maldives, response to the ESCAP government survey, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Marshall Islands, response to the ESCAP government survey, Republic of the Marshall Islands Census, 2011; Federated States of Micronesia, Division of Statistics, FSM Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management, Summary Analysis of Key Indicators from the FSM 2010 Census of Population and Housing, https://www.fsmstatistics.fm/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2010-Summary-Analysis-Key-Indicators.pdf and ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: A person with a disability is defined as someone with difficulty of bodily functions and related health problems, which may prevent him or her from doing daily activities; Mongolia, response to the ESCAP government survey, Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey, 2021 and Yearly Data of Total Population, ??-3, 2020; Myanmar, Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population and UNFPA, The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, Thematic Report on Disability, Census Report Volume 4-K, 2017, https://myanmar.unfpa.org/en/publications/thematic-report-disability. Note: Persons with disabilities refer to those with mild or higher levels of difficulty in at least one functioning domain; Nauru, Pacific Community’s Statistics for Development Division, Disability in Nauru, Nauru Mini-census, 2019, https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/1b/1b7a09b0a07a3fc98eac83c72ee64d80.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=RxiTTq%2BMDUHSX4jvRd3VRBDjP2rUTxzOxuKSRoZcGJU%3D&se=2023-01-01T03%3A19%3A19Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2C%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Nauru_2020_Mini_Census_FS_Disability.pdf%22. Note: Population aged 5 years and above. Persons with disabilities are defined as those who have a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one functioning domain; Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics, Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II (Social Demography), 2014, https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2018/12/Population-Monograph-V02.pdf. Note: Data sourced from National Population Census 2011. A question on what type of disability a person had was asked; New Caledonia, ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: Data sourced from the Study on Persons with Disabilities, 2013; New Zealand, Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Disability survey, 2013, https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/disability-survey-2013. Note: Disability is defined as long-term limitation (resulting from impairment) in a person’s ability to carry out daily activities; Niue, Statistics Niue, Economic Planning Development & Statistics, Premiers Department, Niue Census of Population and Households 2011, Book of Tables, https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/6d/6d3c12da277214c74b3ae2fb5f2cb6fe.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=BMQgwRqc09dI%2Fuz1%2FiwPfiFZ%2Fdfuk8m0V39WADJ7Tcg%3D&se=2022-11-22T03%3A58%3A21Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2C%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Niue_2011_Cenus_Population_Profile_Book_of_Tables1.pdf%22. Note: Residential population; Northern Mariana Islands, United States Census Bureau, Population Census 2010, https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2010/dec/cnmi.html; Pakistan, response to the ESCAP government survey, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey, 2019?20. Note: Prevalence of moderate disability; Palau, UNICEF Pacific, Office of Planning & Statistics and Pacific Community, 2017 Palau Disability Report: An analysis of 2015 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture, 2017, https://sdd.spc.int/digital_library/palau-2017-disability-report. Note: Population aged 5 years and above. Persons with disabilities are classified as anyone with at least one domain that is coded as “Yes, lots of difficulty” or “cannot do it at all”; Papua New Guinea, Disability Data Initiative 2021, Papua New Guinea Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2009, https://disabilitydata.ace.fordham.edu/country-briefs/pg. Note: Population aged 15 years and above. Persons with disabilities refer to those with at least a lot of difficulty in one or more functioning domains; Philippines, response to the ESCAP government survey, Census of Population and Housing, 2010. Note: Data refer to household population. Questions on difficulty in various functioning domains were asked; Republic of Korea, response to the ESCAP government survey, Status of Registered Population with Disabilities 2020, 2021 and sampling results of Population and Housing Census 2020, 2021; Russian Federation, CRPD/C/RUS/1, 2014; Samoa, Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development, Pacific Community and UNICEF Pacific, 2018 Samoa Disability Report: An analysis of 2016 Census of Population and Housing, 2018, https://sdd.spc.int/digital_library/samoa-2018-disability-monograph. Note: Population aged 5 years and above. Persons with disabilities are defined as those coded as "a lot of difficulty" or "cannot do at all" in at least one functioning domain; Singapore, response to the ESCAP government survey, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Census of Population, 2020. Note: Population aged 5 years and above. A person with a disability refers to an individual who reported "a lot of difficulty" or "unable to perform" in at least one basic activity; Solomon Islands, ESCAP, Building Disability-Inclusive Societies in Asia and the Pacific, 2018. Note: Data sourced from Population Census 2009; Sri Lanka, Department of Census & Statistics, Ministry of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs, Census of Population and Housing 2012, 2015, http://www.statistics.gov.lk/pophousat/cph2011/pages/activities/reports/finalreport/finalreporte.pdf. Notes: Population aged 5 years and above; Tajikistan, Disability Data Initiative 2021, Survey of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), 2016, https://disabilitydata.ace.fordham.edu/country-briefs/tj. Note: Population aged 15 years and above. Persons with disabilities refer to those with at least a lot of difficulty in one or more functioning domains; Thailand, response to the ESCAP government survey, National Statistical Office, Disability Survey, 2017. Notes: ICF standard was used; Timor-Leste, General Directorate of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Finance and Ministry of Health, Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey 2016, 2018, https://timor-leste.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Timor_Leste_2016_Final_Report.pdf. Note: De facto household population aged 15 years and above. Persons with disabilities refer to those with a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in at least one functioning domain; Tonga, Tonga Statistics Department, Disability in Tonga: Analysis of the Situation of People with Disability Based on the 2016 Population and Housing Census, 2019, https://sdd.spc.int/digital_library/disability-tonga-analysis-situation-people-disability-based-2016-population-and. Note: Population aged 5 years and above. Persons with disabilities were defined as those with a lot of difficulty or cannot do at all in one or more functioning domains; Türkiye, response to the ESCAP government survey, Turkish Statistical Institute, Türkiye Population and Housing Census, 2011. Note: Population aged 3 years and above. Persons with disabilities were defined as those who declared that they had great difficulty in performing the relevant activity or that they could not do this activity at all; Turkmenistan, CRPD/C/TKM/1, 2011. Note: Only persons receiving disability benefits were included in the count of persons with disabilities. Total population data (2011) were sourced by ESCAP from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects 2019, https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/; Tuvalu, Central Statistics Division, Tuvalu Population & Housing Mini-Census 2017 Report, 2017, https://stats.gov.tv/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?juwpfisadmin=false&action=wpfd&task=file.download&wpfd_category_id=85&wpfd_file_id=906&token=&preview=1. Note: Population aged 5 year and above. Persons with disabilities refer to those who responded as having “a lot of difficulty” or “cannot do at all” in any of the functioning domains; Uzbekistan, response to the ESCAP government survey, data source not specified. Note: Population aged over 16 years; Vanuatu, response to the ESCAP government survey, Census, 2020; Viet Nam, General Statistics Office, The National Survey on People with Disabilities 2016 (VDS2016), Final Report, 2018, https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/data-and-statistics/2019/03/vietnam-national-survey-on-people-with-disabilities-2016/. Note: Population aged 2 years and above. Survey data and data from the general administrative review were added up.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bangladesh, Department of Social Service, Ministry of Social Welfare, Disability Information Survey Program. Note: Total population data (2022) were sourced by ESCAP from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects 2019, https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/ (accessed on 25 May 2022). Discrepancies between total population and the sum of persons aged under 65 years and 65 years and above are due to rounding; Bhutan, Population & Housing Census of Bhutan, 2017; Cambodia, data source not specified; Fiji, Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Draft Fiji Disability Monograph, 2017. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Hong Kong, China, Census and Statistics Department, Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases, 2020 and Census and Statistics Department, General Household Survey and Survey of Institutional Residents with Disabilities and Selected Health Conditions, 2020. Note: Total number of persons refers to the land-based population. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Hence, there may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total due to rounding; Indonesia, Intercensal Population Survey, 2015. Note: Population aged 2 years and above; Japan, Data reported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2016. Note: Total number of persons with disabilities refers to the sum of persons with physical, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. Discrepancies between total population and the sum of persons aged under 65 years and 65 years and above are due to 1) rounding, 2) a few people's ages not stated; Kyrgyzstan, Data sourced from the Medical-Social Expert Commission and the National Statistics Committee, 2021; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Population and Housing Census, 2015. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Maldives, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Mongolia, Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey, 2021 and Yearly Data of Total Population, ??-3, 2020; Philippines, Census of Population and Housing, 2010. Note: Data refer to household population; Republic of Korea, Status of Registered Population with Disabilities 2020, 2021 and Sampling Results of Population and Housing Census 2020, 2021; Singapore, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Census of Population, 2020. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Thailand, National Statistical Office, Disability Survey, 2017; Türkiye, Turkish Statistical Institute, Türkiye Population and Housing Census, 2011. Note: Population aged 3 years and above. Number of persons with diverse disabilities are rounded to the nearest thousand. Discrepancies between total population and the sum of male and female population are due to rounding. Disability prevalence for the 2 age groups (under 65 years and 65 years and above) was the calculation of ESCAP based on the number of persons with disabilities and disability prevalence disaggregated by 15 age groups.

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey: Bhutan, Population & Housing Census of Bhutan, 2017; Cambodia, data source not specified; China, Second National Disability Survey, 2006; Fiji, Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Draft Fiji Disability Monograph, 2017. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Indonesia, Intercensal Population Survey, 2015. Note: Population aged 2 years and above; Kyrgyzstan, Data sourced from the Medical-Social Expert Commission and the National Statistics Committee, 2021; Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Population and Housing Census, 2015. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Maldives, Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2019. Note: Population aged 5 years and above; Mongolia, National Census, 2020; Pakistan, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey, 2019–20. Note: Data refer to mild disability; Republic of Korea, Status of Registered Population with Disabilities 2020, 2021 and Sampling Results of Population and Housing Census 2020, 2021; Thailand, National Statistical Office, Disability Survey, 2017.

Data source:

UN Treaty Collection, “Status of treaties, chap. IV.15, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”, web page. Available at https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-15&chapter=4&clang=_en (accessed on 31 July 2022).

Data source:

Responses to the ESCAP government survey.