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CHAPTER ONE
Developments in Global Markets
Figure 1-14
Arab Countries’ GPD in Current Prices 2009-2011
($ billion)
It also noted that per capita GDP in the Arab countries at constant
prices has seen a significant setback in 2011, as it shrank by 3.3%. As
for the average per capita GDP in the Arab countries at current prices,
it jumped up by 15.2% in 2011 to $6731 compared with $5842 in 2010,
this level go beyond the average recorded by the Arab countries in
2008, $5883. Seven countries had a higher per capita GDP than the
overall average for the Arab countries, namely, Qatar ($92897), Kuwait
($43532), the United Arab Emirates ($40510), Oman ($25298), Saudi
Arabia ($21046), Bahrain ($18174) and Lebanon ($9915).
The Arab countries whose per capita GDP fell below the average
of the Arab countries fall into two groups. The first group comprises
five countries with a per capita GDP less than $2000. They were Sudan
($1625), Djibouti ($1301), Mauritania ($1180), Yemen ($1179) and
Comoros ($801).
It also noted that per capita GDP in the Arab countries at constant prices has
seen a significant setback in 2011, a i shrank by 3.3%. As for the average per capita
GDP in the Arab countries at current prices, it jumped up by 15.2% in 2011 to $6731
compared with $5842 in 2010, this level go beyond the average recorded by the Arab
countries in 2008, $5883. Seven countries had a higher per capita GDP than the
overall average for the Arab countri s, namely, Qatar ($92897), Kuwait ($43532), the
United Arab Emirates ($40510), Oman ($25298), Saudi Arabia ($21046), Bahrain
($18174) and Lebanon ($9915).
The Arab countries whose per capita GDP fell below the average of the Arab
countries fall into two groups. The first group comprises five countries with a per
capita GDP less than $2000. They were Sudan ($1625), Djibouti ($1301), Mauritania
($1180), Yemen ($1179) and Comoros ($801).
The second is thos with a per capita GDP in excess of $3000, but remains
below the overall average for the Arab countries. The eight countries in this group are
Algeria ($5381), Libya ($4669), Jordan ($4622), Iraq ($4591), Tunisia ($4352), Egypt
($2928), Morocco ($2909) and Syria ($2850), as shown in
Figure (1-15)
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