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Middle East

9 COUNTRIES MAKE UP THE MIDDLE EAST REGION

World Economics has combined 9 principal countries to represent the Middle East. Overall these countries accounted for 5% of Global GDP and 5% of global GDP growth in the past 10 years (2012-2022).

The Middle East region is home to over 0.2 billion people with an average life expectancy of 76 years and a current median age of 31 against a global average of 30.



Economics



Middle East
Countries		 Revised GDP PPP
Int$, Billions		 CAGR
10 Year
Rate
%, 2012-2022		 Share of
Global
GDP
%		 Share of Global GDP Growth
%, 2012-2022		 Revised GDP Per Capita
Int$		 Government Debt to Revised GDP
%







Bahrain 100.8 2.4% 0.1% 0.0% 56,524 88.4%
Israel 499.4 3.8% 0.3% 0.3% 55,963 50.9%
Jordan 131.8 2.1% 0.1% 0.1% 12,795 72.2%
Kuwait 291.2 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 66,470 5.2%
Oman 201.7 3.4% 0.1% 0.1% 37,890 36.1%
Qatar 315.9 2.0% 0.2% 0.1% 106,004 38.3%
Saudi Arabia 2,439.1 2.1% 1.4% 1.0% 68,045 17.6%
Turkey 3,679.1 5.2% 2.2% 3.3% 42,999 28.6%
United Arab Emirates 810.1 2.5% 0.5% 0.4% 80,352 25.5%

Middle East
Totals / Averages:		 8,469.0 N/A 5.0% 5.4% 58,560* 40.3%*


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Notes:
  • GDP data includes estimates for the Informal Economy, and updated Base Years, to improve the often imperfect quality of Middle East data.
  • Debt-to-GDP ratio is total gross government debt as a proportion of revised GDP.
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Offical GDP data quality is often poor in Emerging Market countries. See data quality for individual countries.







Demography



Emerging Market
Countries 		Population
Data Quality
Grade		 Total
Population
Millions		 Life Expectancy
Years		 Median
Age
Years		 Statistical Capacity
0-100 Index		 Age Dependency
Total






Bahrain C 1.8 79 32.7 100.0 68.7
Israel C 8.9 82 29.0 100.0 33.1
Jordan C 10.3 74 23.4 77.8 42.9
Kuwait A 4.4 79 38.3 100.0 65.6
Oman A 5.3 73 28.8 100.0 58.0
Qatar A 3.0 81 33.0 100.0 79.3
Saudi Arabia A 35.8 66 29.8 100.0 59.6
Turkey A 85.6 76 30.9 81.1 53.2
United Arab Emirates C 10.1 79 32.8 100.0 79.7

Middle East
Totals / Averages:		 N/A 165.2 76* 31.0* 95.4* 60.0*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Statistical Capacity Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    0 = Low level of resources, 100 = High level of resources.


Key:
Data Quality Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets;
         B: Use with caution;
         C: Unreliable for many purposes
         D: Extremely poor quality.








Environmental, Social and Governance



Emerging Market
Countries: 		Carbon Emissions
Total MTCo2e		 Methane Emissions
Total MTCo2e		 Population in Poverty
% of Pop		 Years of Schooling
Years		 Rule
of Law
0-100 Index		 Corruption Levels
0-100 Index






Bahrain 39.0 18.5 0% 11 59.6 44
Israel 54.5 9.5 0% 13 71.6 63
Jordan 25.6 6.8 0% 10 53.0 47
Kuwait 106.1 25.4 0% 7 54.3 42
Oman 81.0 21.3 0% 12 58.0 44
Qatar 95.7 22.2 0% 10 71.2 58
Saudi Arabia 672.4 113.8 0% 4 53.5 51
Turkey 446.2 49.3 0% 9 37.0 36
United Arab Emirates 204.1 51.0 0% 13 68.8 67

Middle East
Totals/Averages:		 1,724.6 317.8 N/A 10* 58.6* 50*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law.
    Corruption Perceptions Index: 0 = High levels of corruption, 100 = Low levels of corruption.
  • Total Carbon and Methane data expressed in MTCo2e (Million Metric Tons of CO2 equivalent)
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.



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