ADB scales up operations to $29.3 billion in 2025 to build resilience in Asia and the Pacific

In its Annual Report 2025 released on Thursday, ADB summarizes its operational, institutional, and financial highlights in 2025, a year marked by complexity and uncertainty.

ADB President Masato Kanda shared, in 2025, ADB delivered unprecedented levels of support, with a 20 percent increase over 2024 and expected impacts of more than 3.3 million jobs and benefit to over 180 million people, adding that this shows ADB's ability to deliver at a scale and with the speed that matches the demands of Asia and the Pacific.

Loans, grants, equity investments, guarantees, technical assistance provided to governments and the private sector increased by 20 percent year-on-year to US$29.3 billion. This was boosted by an additional US$14.7 billion from partners.

Private sector development was a key priority for ADB in 2025 comprising US$5.5 billion of its commitments, while half of its public sector commitments directly supported infrastructure, reforms, and institutions to unlock private investments.

ADB is uniquely equipped to support private sector development as its public and private sector operations are under one roof, form one legal entity, and share one balance sheet.

ADB committed US$8.3 billion in Central West Asia, US$1.4 billion in East Asia, US$680 million in the Pacific, US$9.7 billion in South Asia, and US$9 billion in Southeast Asia, with US$302 million allocated to regional projects. Finance, transport, and public sector management were the top three sectors to receive funding./.