Table 1.
Some development criteria and the number of cases of COVID-19 in Eastern Mediterranean countries (11)
| Country | Population million (2015) | Human Development Index* (2017) | Life expectancy | Gross national income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP $) (2017) | Cumulative no. of COVID-19 cases (Updated March 25, 2020) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Confirmed cases | Recovered cases | Deaths | ||||
| Afghanistan | 35.5 | LHD | 63.2 | 63.9 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 1.5 | VHHD | 80.4 | 78.8 | 41,580 | 419 | 190 | 3 |
| Djibouti | 0.9 | LHD | 65.5 | 62.2 | 3,105 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt | 84.7 | MHD | 74.4 | 68 | 10,355 | 442 | 93 | 21 |
| Iran | 81.2 | HHD | 79.4 | 76.5 | 19.130 | 27017 | 9625 | 2077 |
| Iraq | 38.3 | MHD | 78.8 | 74.8 | 17,789 | 346 | 89 | 29 |
| Jordan | 9.7 | HHD | 88.1 | 77.9 | 8,288 | 153 | 1 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 4.1 | VHHD | 87.2 | 80.7 | 70,524 | 195 | 43 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 6.1 | HHD | 80 | 75.8 | 13,378 | 333 | 8 | 4 |
| Libya | 6.4 | HHD | 75 | 71.2 | 11,100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morocco | 35.7 | MHD | 74.8 | 73.3 | 7,340 | 170 | 6 | 5 |
| Oman | 4.6 | VHHD | 79.5 | 75.5 | 36,290 | 99 | 17 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 197 | MHD | 67.5 | 66.4 | 5,311 | 991 | 18 | 7 |
| Palestine | 4.8 | MHD | 78 | 75.6 | 5.055 | 62 | 17 | 0 |
| Qatar | 2.6 | VHHD | 81.7 | 79.6 | 116,818 | 526 | 41 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 32.9 | VHHD | 79.4 | 75.3 | 49,680 | 900 | 29 | 2 |
| Somalia | 14.74 | LHD | 57.3 | 53.7 | 7,480 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudan | 40.5 | LHD | 72.1 | 68.9 | 4,119 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Syria | 18.3 | LHD | 75 | 65.5 | 2,337 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 11.5 | HHD | 80.8 | 76.2 | 10,275 | 173 | 1 | 5 |
| UAE | 9.4 | VHHD | 77 | 77.1 | 67,805 | 333 | 52 | 2 |
| Yemen | 28.3 | LHD | 70.3 | 66 | 1,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*
Human Development Index is broken down into four tiers: VHHD: very high human development (0.8–1.0), HHD: high human development (0.7–0.79), MHD: medium human development (0.55–.70), and LHD: low human development (below 0.55).