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Selected indicators for oil producing MENA countries

 

	Population (M)			GDP (US$ Bln)			GDP Growth (%)				Oil/GDP(%)			Inflation (%)				Central Bank Reserves (US$ Bln)	Foreign debt (% GDP)
2011: estimation 2012: projection	2010	2011	2012	2010	2011	2012	2010	2011	2012		2010	2011	2012	2010		2011	2012	2011	2011
Algeria	36.1	36.6	37.1	158	183	189	3.2	3	3.3		37	36	36	5		4.8	4.5	190	2
Bahrain	1	1.08	1.15	23	25	27	3.2	3	3.2		28.4	19.5	27	2		1	2	4.5	150
Egypt	78	79.3	80.6	218	232	252	5.1	1.3	1.7		8	8	8	11.4		11.3	11	27	15
Iran	73.5	74.5	75	405	465	480	2.5	1.5	2.7		22	25	21	12.4		25	30	105	4
Iraq	31.2	32	32.6	81	109	120	1	9.5	12.5		60	70	82	2.5		5	5	40	30
Kuwait	2.7	2.8	3.5	133	171	177	3.5	5.5	4.5		30	30	31	4		6	3.5	23	32
Libya	6	6.1	6.6	70	55	66	4.2	-20	18		25	-	100	2.5		12	25	102	8
Oman	3	3.1	3.2	57	67	69	4	4.5	3.5		30	29	29	3.3		3.8	3.3	14	10
Qatar	1.3	1.5	1.7	125	173	181	16	20	6		23	24	25	-2		2.5	4	19	70
Saudi Arabia	28	28.5	29	450	560	582	4.1	6.5	3.5		59	60		5.5		5.5	5.5	540	19
UAE	6	6.1	6.2	301	358	376	3.2	3.4	3.8		20	20	21	1		2.5	2.5	54	40
Yemen	24.1	24.2	24.4	30	36	39	8	-2.5	-0.5		18	18	18	11		19	19	3	17