Table 1. Health and social statistical indicators of the EMR countries.

Country	Population 2012†	GDP per capita (US $)†	General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure	Life expectancy at birth†		Income levels†	Human Development Index (HDI) ‡
				Value	Year
Afghanistan ×	26,500a	584	3.3	62.0*	2010	Low income	0.374
Bahrain	1,195	19512	9.2	75.3	2011	High income	0.796
Djibouti	865a	1336	14.1	52.9	2011	Low income	0.445
Egypt	82,541	2801	6.9	70.4	2012	Middle income	0.662
Iran	75,150	5819	10.1	72.1	2011	Middle income	0.742
Iraq	34,207	3993	10.2	72.7	2010	Middle income	0.590
Jordan	6,388	4655	17.6	73.0	2011	Middle income	0.700
Kuwait	3,632	56426	5.9	77.7	2009	High income	0.790
Lebanon	4,104	9904	5.8	81.5	2009	Middle income	0.739
Libya	5,922	9063	7.9	72.3	2009	Middle income	0.769
Morocco	3,2597	3082	6.5	74.8	2010	Middle income	0.591
Oman	3,623	25536	4.9	76.2	2012	High income	0.731
Pakistan	177,100a	1184	3.6	66.0	2011	Low income	0.515
Palestine	4,357	1697	10.0	72.7	2012	Middle income	0.670
Qatar	1,733a	92789	5.8	78.2	2010	High income	0.834
Saudi Arabia	2,9196	20540	6.8	73.8	2011	High income	0.782
Somalia	8,698b	284	NA	50.0	2010	Low income	NA
Sudan	3,3976	1234	10.6	59.8	2008	Low income	0.414
Syria	2,1639	2702	5.6	73.1	2009	Middle income	0.648
Tunisia	1,0674	4331	10.8	74.9	2011	Middle income	0.712
United Arab Emirates	8,264b	49005	8.8	77.4	2008	High income	0.818
Yemen	22,879b	1617	4.3	62.0	2010	Low income	0.458

^a = 2011 ^b = 2010

^†Demographic, Social and Health Indicators for Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean 2013

^‡Human Development Report 2013: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-2013

*Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010

^×The countries that have been underlined are those that have participated in our study.