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TABLE 3. Economic, Social, and Political Characteristics of the Middle East and North African Region.

						Health Expenditure
Country	Population	Area (Km²)	GDP^* per Capita ($US)	Human Development Index ^†	% below Poverty Line	%GDP^*	Per capita ($US)	Education Index (mean years of schooling)	Freedom Rating (Political rights/Civil liberties) 1.0 free and 7.0 not free	Corruption Perceptions Index ^††	Gender Inequality Index ^†††	Registered Clinical Trials [Clinical Trials.gov]
Egypt	85,294,388	1,002,000	6,600	112	20.0	4.7	137	6.4	Partly Free (5.0/5.0)	32	.590	462
Jordan	6,482,081	89,342	6,000	100	14.2	8.0	392	8.6	Not Free (6.0/5.0)	48	.482	60
Lebanon	4,131,583	10,452	15,900	72	28.0	7.0	622	7.9	Partly Free (5.0/4.0)	30	.433	171
Sudan	34,847,910	1,861,484	2,400	171	46.5	6.3	104	3.1	Not Free (7.0/7.0)	13	.604	19
Syria	22,457,336	185,180	5,100	116	11.9	3.4	101	5.7	Not Free (7.0/7.0)	26	.551	13
Yemen	25,408,288	527,968	2,200	160	45.2	5.2	88	2.5	Not Free (6.0/6.0)	23	.747	2
Iraq	31,858,481	438,317	4,600	131	25.0	8.4	332	5.6	Not Free (6.0/6.0)	18	.557	15
Morocco	36,649,130	446,550	5,300	130	15.0	5.2	186	4.4	Partly Free (5.0/4.0)	37	.444	67
Qatar	2,042,444	11,586	102,800	36	NA	1.8	1776	7.3	Not Free (6.0/5.0)	68	.546	34
Saudi Arabia	26,939,583	2,149,690	25,700	57	NA	4.3	758	7.8	Not Free (7.0/7.0)	44	.682	242
Kuwait	2,695,316	17,818	43,800	54	NA	2.6	1500	6.1	Partly Free (5.0/5.0)	44	.274	38
UAE	5,473,972	83,600	49,000	41	19.5	3.7	1640	8.9	Not Free (6.0/6.0)	68	.241	79

GDP = gross domestic product.

^†

Range (1-186); 1 is highest.

^††

Scale (1-100); 0 is highly corrupt.

^†††

Scale (0-1); 0 is woman and man fare equally.