Table 3.
Ratio of health communication contributions to GDP (billion US$) in the Arab world since the year of first publication by state and the year of first Arab publication (2004) as of 7 October 2019
| Country | Year of first publication of the country | Health and communication contributions (n) | Average GDP (in billion US$) since the year of the first publication | Ratio of health communication papers per average GDP (in billion US$) since year of first publication | Average GDP (in billion US$) since 2004 | Ratio of health communication papers per average GDP (in billion US$) since 2004 |
| Algeria | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bahrain | 2017 | 3 | 36.59 | 0.0820 | 27.05 | 0.111 |
| Comoros | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Djibouti | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Egypt | 2017 | 6 | 243.13 | 0.025 | 215.90 | 0.028 |
| Iraq | – | – | 207.73 | 0.0337 | 150.81 | 0.046 |
| Jordan | 2013 | 6 | 38.34 | 0.156 | 27.92 | 0.214 |
| Kuwait | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lebanon | 2004 | 12 | 38.90 | 0.308 | 38.89 | 0.308 |
| Libya | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mauritania | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Morocco | 2013 | 5 | 108.27 | 0.0462 | 93.17 | 0.054 |
| Oman | 2014 | 4 | 15 926.33 | 0.0003 | 5340.54 | 0.001 |
| Palestine | 2017 | 2 | 14.56 | 0.1374 | 9.57 | 0.209 |
| Qatar | 2014 | 10 | 175.73 | 0.057 | 132.47 | 0.075 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2015 | 9 | 692.57 | 0.012 | 569.18 | 0.016 |
| Somalia | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sudan | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syria | 2019 | 1 | 40.410* | 0.0247 | 31.92 | 0.031 |
| Tunisia | 2019 | 1 | 36.861* | 0.0271 | 41.24 | 0.024 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2011 | 7 | 378.80 | 0.0185 | 313.18 | 0.022 |
| Yemen | – | – | – | – | – | – |
*GDP for the year 2018 was used since the 2019 GDP was not available.
GDP, gross domestic product.