Data highlights

The country relies heavily on its large oil and natural gas resources to support its economy and is considered a major oil producer and exporter. In 2021, UAE produced 2.71 million barrels of crude oil up from 2.2 million barrels in 2002. In addition, the UAE exported 2.3 million barrel per day of crude oil in 2021.Read More

The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia ranked the highest at the regional level at 27, 30 and 39, respectively, and out of 140 economies.  Read More

All countries from WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region (which contains all Arab countries except Algeria, Mauritania and Comoros) collectively approved the UHC2030 Global Compact. Read More

The percentage of individuals (% of total population) using the internet in the Arab region has more than doubled in 2018 at  54.7% in 2018 up from 24% in 2010. Read More

In 2013, 13 million people were multi-dimensionally poor, with an additional 2.9 million who joined them in 2021, almost half of the population became multi-dimensionally poorRead More

The country relies heavily on its large oil and natural gas resources to support its economy and is considered a major oil producer and exporter. In 2016, UAE produced 1.1 billion barrels of crude oil up from 693.6 million barrels in 2002. In addition, the UAE exported 2.41 million barrel per day of crude oil in 2016.Read More

Trade and economic integration have played significant roles in Tunisia’s economic development. In 2016, trade of goods and services reached its highest value since 1990 recording 114.3% of Tunisia’s GDP. In 2022, it registered 107.4%Read More

The spread and amplification of Syria’s armed conflict have led to a humanitarian crisis with 6.7 million internally displaced persons and 6.5 million refugees by the end of 2022, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).Read More

The majority of Sudan's population is rural, with an urban population of just 36% in 2022.Read More

Somalia had the second world’s highest under-five child mortality rate in 2021 with 111.8 per thousand children and the 6th world’s highest maternal mortality ratio in 2020 with 621 deaths per 100,000 live births down from 1097 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000Read More

The country is the largest exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world and one of the World’s largest producers of crude oilRead More

The IMF estimated that the GDP registered a growth of 4.2 percent in 2022 up from -3.5 percent in 2020Read More

The unemployment rate in  Palestine reached 46.9 in 2021. The disparity is high between West Bank and Gaza where the former registered 15.5 percent and the latter 26.4 percent in 2021.Read More

The female unemployment rate of the age group 18-24 had more than doubled between 2018 and 2022Read More

The unemployment rate increased from around an average of 9.5 percent in the last years to reach 11.8 percent in 2022Read More

The net lending/ borrowing as a percent of GDP returned in 2023 (-2.44 percent) to almost the same value registered a decade ago in 2014 and 2015Read More

In Libya, like other Arab countries, it is the women who are severely affected by unemployment. Youth women's unemployment rate registered 70.1 percent in 2022Read More

The annual inflation rate increased from 2.9  percent in 2019 to 84.9 percent in 2020 then to 154.8 percent and 171.2 percent in 2021 and 2022 consequentlyRead More

Trade has always had a significant weight in Kuwait’s economy, with the international trade-to-GDP ratio moderately increasing over the last 2 decades from 86.6% in 2000 to 98.1% in 2019.Read More

Jordan recorded the highest unemployment rate in 2021 since 1993Read More

The unemployment rate increased continuously since 2012 reaching its highest value in 2021 at 16.1 percentRead More

The unemployment rate registered in 2022 its lowest value since 2000Read More

General government gross debt percent of GDP maintained a slight decrease since 2018 and reached an estimate of 39 percent in 2023.Read More

In Comoros, since 1990, the general government gross debt, as a percent of GDP has continued to decline over two decades, registering its lowest level in 2013 at 10.28 percent, after which it rose continuously registering 32.47 percent in 2023, according to the International Monetary Fund estimates.Read More

The overall unemployment rate in Bahrain reached its highest value 1.6% in 2020 then it declined to 1.4% in 2022.Read More

Algeria’s economy highly depends on the hydrocarbons sector, which accounted for 19 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), 93 percent of product exports, and 38 percent of budget revenues between 2016 and 2021Read More

Lack of public expenditure on the healthcare system in middle-income and poor countries is one of the main problems facing the healthcare sector.Read More

Morocco and Tunisia hold the highest number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults (more than 22 ) in the Arab region.Read More

Comoros scored the highest % of forest area of the total land area (2015).Read More