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. 2023 Feb 21;10:983346. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.983346

TABLE 4.

Categorization of Middle Eastern countries in terms of vulnerability to food supply shocks from Russia and Ukraine.

Groups Criteria and countries
Group 1: Countries with a low level of vulnerability Criterion 1: Ratio of import dependence (on Russia and Ukraine) from 10 to 20% in any category (see Table 2):
Iran, Oman, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Criterion 2: Import dependence ratio above 20% in any category but with a high GFSI above 75/100:
Israel
Group 2: Moderately vulnerable countries Criterion 3: Import dependence ratio of more than 20% in any category but with a moderate GFSI from 50 to 75/100:
Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey
Group 3: Highly vulnerable countries
Criterion 4: Import dependence ratio in any category of more than 20% but GFSI below 50/100:
Yemen, Sudan
Criterion 5: Import dependence ratio in any category more than 50% but not ranked in the GFSI:
Lebanon, Libya
Group 4: Special or unclear cases Criterion 6: Import dependence ratio in any category from 20 to 50% but not ranked in the GFSI:
Mauritania, Palestine.