Table 1.

Income and health indicators for MENA countries

Country/Region	GNI per capita (in US$)		Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1000 live births)				Life expectancy (in years)
	2004	2013	1970	1990	2004	2012	1990	2004	2012
Algeria	2270	5290	141	42	35	17	67	71	71
Bahrain	14 370	19560	67	20	9	8	73	75	77
Djibouti	960	–	–	93	101	66	57	53	61
Egypt Arab Republic	1250	3160	160	63	26	18	65	70	71
Iran	2320	5780	134	44	32	15	63	71	74
Iraq	–	6710	104	42	87.9b	28	68	60	69
Jordan	2190	4950	–	30	23	16	70	72	74
Kuwait	24 040	44 940	54	14	10	10	72	77	74
Lebanon	6010	9870	50	27	27	8	70	72	80
Libya	4400	–	124	37	18	13	69	74	75
Morocco	1570	3030	130	63	38	27	65	70	71
Oman	9070	25 250	129	32	10	10	67	75	77
Qatar	–	85 550	71	18	18	6	75	74	78
Saudi Arabia	10 170	26 200	123	37	21	7	69	72	75
Syrian Arab Republic	1230	–	98	31	15	12	70	74	75
Tunisia	02650	4360	124	40	21	14	70	73	75
UAE	23 770	38 620	87	14	7	7	72	79	77
WBGc	01120	2810	–	35	19.2e	19	68	73	73
Yemen, Republic	0550	1330	188	88	82	46	58	61	63
MENA (regional average)	1972	–	137	52	44	21	65	69	71

^aData for 1990.

^dData for 1990.

^bMost recent data from Population Reference Bureau.

^cWBG, West Bank and Gaza.

^eMost recent data from Population Reference Bureau.

Reproduced from World Bank estimates (1998); World Bank, 2006. World Development Indicators. The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA; and UNFPA and Population Reference Bureau, 2005. Country Profiles for Population and Reproductive Health: Policy Development and Indicators. Chapter 3: Arab States http://www.prb.org/pdf06/2005UNFPA_CountryProfiles.pdf (accessed September 2007).