Inside China’s 5% GDP Growth: Export-Led, Industry-Backed, Consumption-Light
China reached 5% growth in 2025 on the back of exports and industrial strength, while consumption remained secondary.
China reached 5% growth in 2025 on the back of exports and industrial strength, while consumption remained secondary.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS outlines, unpacks and unravels some of the broad shifts and finer intricacies of China’s economic development and transition in 2026.
The interior and western regions are leading growth in 2025, while several heavyweight coastal hubs are growing below the national average.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS examines China's role in global resources, which is complex, comprehensive and consequential.
The world’s most dynamic economies with sustained economic growth are clustered in Africa as well as South, Central and Southeast Asia.
Scale is in North and Southern Africa, but the continent’s economic dynamism emanates from the West and the East.
Indonesia’s economy is powered by Java’s people and industry, Sumatra’s palm oil and rubber, Kalimantan’s coal, Sulawesi’s nickel and Bali’s global tourism appeal.
From being the world’s 13th-largest economy in 2000, India’s GDP was the world’s fifth-largest in 2024, and is projected to be the third-largest by 2029.
The implications of India’s rise will be substantial and complex, and global businesses must take note of opportunities to leverage the unfolding Indian Century.
ANDAMAN PARTNERS examines the rapid increase in China's exports to Africa in the first half of 2025.