Why does the Philippines have more Skyscrapers than Mexico?

@amado amado has not been here in months. 

@dyno 

A shame since she had interesting topics.

@selurong 

Certainly half of the countries on that list are from Asia, seems like countries from this part of the world want to construct several skyscrapers compared to the rest of the world. 

Btw, a recent list puts Philippines at no.11 with a 120 skyscrapers.

Countries by Number of 150m+ Buildings - The Skyscraper Center

					Number of Buildings
RANK	COUNTRY	POPULATION	AREA	DENSITY	150m+	200m+	300m+	TALLEST CITY
1	China	1,353,821,000	9,706,961 M km² 3,747,861 M mi²	139 people per km² 361 people per mi²	2,690	914	101	Hong Kong
2	United States	317,518,000	9,833,517 M km² 3,796,725 M mi²	32 people per km² 84 people per mi²	847	229	29	New York City
3	United Arab Emirates	5,473,972	83,600 M km² 32,278 M mi²	65 people per km² 170 people per mi²	310	136	32	Dubai
4	South Korea	50,219,669	100,339 M km² 38,741 M mi²	500 people per km² 1,296 people per mi²	272	75	7	Seoul
5	Japan	127,103,388	364,500 M km² 140,734 M mi²	349 people per km² 903 people per mi²	268	45	1	Tokyo
6	Malaysia	30,073,353	328,550 M km² 126,853 M mi²	92 people per km² 237 people per mi²	139	49	5	Kuala Lumpur
7	Australia	23,836,540	7,692,024 M km² 2,969,893 M mi²	3 people per km² 8 people per mi²	136	47	2	Melbourne
8	Indonesia	237,556,363	1,910,931 M km² 737,811 M mi²	124 people per km² 322 people per mi²	128	45	0	Jakarta
9	Thailand	67,070,000	510,890 M km² 197,255 M mi²	131 people per km² 340 people per mi²	124	26	3	Bangkok
10	Canada	33,476,688	9,984,670 M km² 3,855,085 M mi²	3 people per km² 9 people per mi²	122	33	0	Toronto
11	Philippines	94,013,200	300,000 M km² 115,830 M mi²	313 people per km² 812 people per mi²	120	37	0	Makati
12	India	1,192,280,000	3,287,263 M km² 1,269,214 M mi²	363 people per km² 939 people per mi²	97	22	0	Mumbai
13	Singapore	5,076,700	723 M km² 279 M mi²	7,022 people per km² 18,186 people per mi²	96	34	0	Singapore
14	Turkey	81,619,392	769,630 M km² 297,154 M mi²	106 people per km² 275 people per mi²	67	11	0	Istanbul
15	Panama	3,405,813	75,320 M km² 29,081 M mi²	45 people per km² 117 people per mi²	65	24	0	Panama City
16	Brazil	201,032,714	8,515,767 M km² 3,287,941 M mi²	24 people per km² 61 people per mi²	55	1	0	Balneario Camboriu
17	Russia	141,927,297	17,098,240 M km² 6,601,637 M mi²	8 people per km² 21 people per mi²	51	19	7	Moscow
18	Mexico	112,322,757	1,964,375 M km² 758,446 M mi²	57 people per km² 148 people per mi²	44	10	1	Mexico City