Middle East and North Africa: Poverty, Inequality and Country Classification Data

Country GNI per Year LIC/MIC/HI Freedom House Data 2010 Poor People Gini GNI GNI to Year
Capita (PPP, C Status of Trend in Mills, Year %, Multi- Year to Riches
current Political Political $1.25 $1.25 dimensiona Poor t 20%
internationa l poor -est
Freedom Freedom * *
l $)
20%
Algeria 8,110 2009 MIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(Upper)
Bahrain 33,690 2008 HIC Not Free Negative ... ... ... ... ... ...
Djibouti 2,480 2009 MIC Not Free Negative 0.1 2002 19% 47% 2002 40 6% 47% 200
(Lower) 2
Egypt 5,680 2009 MIC Not Free Negative 1.5 2005 2% 42% 2005 32 9% 42% 200
(Lower) 5
Iran 11,470 2009 MIC Not Free Negative 1.4 2005 2% 45% 2005 38 6% 45% 200
(Upper) 5
Iraq 3,330 2009 MIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(Lower)
Israel 27,110 2009 HIC Free ... ... ... 45% 2001 39 6% 45% 200
1
Jordan 5,730 2009 MIC Not Free ... 0.1 2006 2% 45% 2006 38 7% 45% 200
(Lower) 6
Kuwait 53,890 2007 HIC Partly Free Negative ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lebanon 13,400 2009 MIC Partly Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(Upper)
Libya 16,400 2009 MIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(Upper)
Malta 22,640 2007 HIC Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Morocco 4,400 2009 MIC Partly Free ... 0.8 2007 3% 48% 2007 41 7% 48% 200
(Lower) 7
Oman 24,530 2008 HIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Qatar ... HIC Not Free ... ... ... 52% 2007 41 4% 52% 200
7
Saudi 24,150 2008 HIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Arabia
Syria 4,620 2009 MIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(Lower)
Tunisia 7,810 2009 MIC Not Free ... 0.2 2000 3% 47% 2000 41 6% 47% 200
(Lower) 0
UAE 45,630 2004 HIC Not Free ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
West Bank ... MIC ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
and Gaza (Lower)
Yemen 2,330 2009 MIC Not Free ... 3.7 2005 18% 45% 2005 38 7% 45% 200
(Lower) 5
Sources: World Development Indicators; Freedom House (2011); Multidimensional Poverty Index from UNDP/Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative.
* Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)