The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Chartbook 2017, provides statistical updates on the various dimensions of the ASEAN Economic Community based primarily on data submitted by the ASEAN Member States (AMS). It covers the period of 2007, the year the Declaration on the ASEAN Community Blueprint was signed, to 2016. The AEC Chartbook, now in its 11th edition, aims to walk its readers through the different developments taking place in the ASEAN region ranging from demography, economy, international trade, investment to infrastructure, in eight sections.