This statistic shows gross domestic product (GDP) of the Arab world in 2023. In 2023, GDP of Algeria amounted to approximately 247.79 billion U.S. dollars.

The Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings 2024 ranks 238 institutions from 16 countries or territories. The Arab University Rankings 2024 are derived from the latest World University Rankings 3.0 methodology, with some adjustments and new metrics to reflect the features and missions of universities in the Middle East and North Africa.

This statistic shows gross domestic product (GDP) of the MENA countries in 2024. The MENA region in North Africa and the Middle East comprises the countries Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. In 2024, the GDP of Saudi Arabia amounted to approximately 1.085 trillion U.S. dollars.

The statistic shows the national debt of countries in the countries of the Arab world (Arab League) in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023. The source did not provide data for Libya, Syria and Palestine. In 2023, the national debt of Algeria amounted to ***** percent of the country's gross domestic product.

The methodology for the Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings 2023 is based on that of our World University Rankings, with some adjustments and new metrics to reflect the region. Universities are judged across all their core missions – teaching, research, society and international outlook. This edition has an updated methodology, in line with changes made to the World University Rankings methodology this year. Some institutions’ scores will be affected by this and we would advise noting that when making year-on-year comparisons.

BackgroundFood literacy is capturing the attention worldwide and gaining traction in the Arab countries. Strengthening food and nutrition literacy among Arab teenagers are important promising empowering tools which can protect them from malnutrition. This study aims to assess the nutrition literacy status of adolescents with the food literacy of their parents in 10 Arab countries.MethodsThis cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 5,401 adolescent-parent dyads (adolescents: mean age ± SD: 15.9 ± 3.0, females: 46.8%; parents: mean age ± SD: 45.0 ± 9.1, mothers: 67.8%) was launched between 29 April and 6 June 2022 in 10 Arab nations. The Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale (ANLS) and the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire (SFLQ) were used to meet the study aims.ResultsMore than one-quarter (28%) of adolescents had poor nutrition literacy, with 60% of their parents being food illiterate. The top three countries with nutritionally” less literate” adolescents were Qatar (44%), Lebanon (37.4%), and Saudi Arabia (34.9%). Adolescents’ age, gender, education level, primary caregivers, employment status, and the inclusion of nutrition education in the schools’ curriculum predicted the nutrition literacy levels of Arab adolescents. Besides, parental weight status, health status, parent’s food literacy level, and the number of children per household were significant determinants too. Adolescents studying at a university and having parents with adequate food literacy had the highest odds of being nutritionally literate (OR = 4.5, CI = 1.8–11.5, p = 0.001, OR = 1.8, CI = 1.6–2.1, p 

Saudi Arabia was among the top Middle Eastern countries with the most international tourist arrivals, receiving above **** million arrivals in 2023. The Middle East is witnessing a robust recovery in tourist arrivals, indicating a positive trend following the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent travel restrictions. MENA tourism types Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region grew by about *** percent in 2018, reaching approximately *** percent of the world’s tourist arrivals. Tourism is a major pillar of the economy, especially with the efforts to diversify from the oil-based economies in the region. The UAE was the most competitive travel and tourism destination in the MENA region in 2018 according to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index at a score of *** points out of seve. There is a wide variety of types of tourism offered in the MENA region. The region has a variety of natural, cultural, heritage, and religious assets. The region is home to ancient monuments and archaeological sites which were named in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The MENA region possesses a unique cultural landscape that consists of Arab architecture and a mix of British, French, Ottoman, and Spanish influences from its historical colonial legacy. The region also has a favorable sunny climate with access to different seas, cruises, shopping venues, and man-made attractions. The leading country in the region in 2015 in wellness tourism was Morocco with about *** million visitors. MENA tourism trends The leading travel company according to tourists in the MENA region was booking.com. The emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was leading in the MENA region in terms of the value of international tourist receipts which exceeded ** billion U.S. dollars in 2018. The projected tourism arrival in the Gulf Cooperation Council region was estimated to exceed **** million tourists in 2020. The contribution of travel and tourism to the MENA job market was expected to increase from about *** million jobs in 2018 to exceed *** million jobs in 2028.

Comprehensive ranking dataset of the top 100 YouTube channels from United Arab Emirates. This dataset features 100 channels with detailed statistics including subscriber counts, total video views, video count, and global rankings. The leading channel has 80,900,000 subscribers and 40,834,776,650 total views. Each entry includes comprehensive metrics to analyze channel performance, growth trends, and competitive positioning. This dataset is regularly updated to reflect the latest YouTube channel statistics and ranking changes, providing valuable insights for content creators, marketers, and researchers analyzing YouTube ecosystem trends and channel performance benchmarks.

ObjectivesDespite the rising risk factor exposure and non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality across the Middle East and the North African (MENA) region, public health policy responses have been slow and appear discordant with the social, economic and political circumstances in each country. Good health policy and outcomes are intimately linked to a research-active culture, particularly in NCD. In this study we present the results of a comprehensive analysis of NCD research with particular a focus on cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease in 10 key countries that represent a spectrum across MENA between 1991 and 2018.MethodsThe study uses a well validated bibliometric approach to undertake a quantitative analysis of research output in the ten leading countries in biomedical research in the MENA region on the basis of articles and reviews in the Web of Science database. We used filters for each of the three NCDs and biomedical research to identify relevant papers in the WoS. The countries selected for the analyses were based on the volume of research outputs during the period of analysis and stability, included Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.ResultsA total of 495,108 biomedical papers were found in 12,341 journals for the ten MENA countries (here we consider Turkey in the context of MENA). For all three NCDs, Turkey's output is consistently the highest. Iran has had considerable growth in research output to occupy second place across all three NCDs. It appears that, relative to their wealth (measured by GDP), some MENA countries, particularly Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, are substantially under-investing in biomedical research. In terms of investment on particular NCDs, we note the relatively greater commitment on cancer research compared with diabetes or cardiovascular disease in most MENA countries, despite cardiovascular disease causing the greatest health-related burden. When considering the citation impact of research outputs, there have been marked rises in citation scores in Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates and Oman. However, Turkey, which has the largest biomedical research output in the Middle East has the lowest citation scores overall. The level of intra-regional collaboration in NCD research is highly variable. Saudi Arabia and Egypt are the dominant research collaborators across the MENA region. However, Turkey and Iran, which are amongst the leading research-active countries in the area, show little evidence of collaboration. With respect to international collaboration, the United States and United Kingdom are the dominant research partners across the region followed by Germany and France.ConclusionThe increase in research activity in NCDs across the MENA region countries during the time period of analysis may signal both an increasing focus on NCDs which reflects general global trends, and greater investment in research in some countries. However, there are several risks to the sustainability of these improvements that have been identified in particular countries within the region. For example, a lack of suitably trained researchers, low political commitment and poor financial support, and minimal international collaboration which is essential for wider global impact.

List of 10 countries from MENA region that were the focus of the study.

Comprehensive ranking dataset of the top 100 YouTube channels from Saudi Arabia. This dataset features 100 channels with detailed statistics including subscriber counts, total video views, video count, and global rankings. The leading channel has 26,700,000 subscribers and 28,700,246,910 total views. Each entry includes comprehensive metrics to analyze channel performance, growth trends, and competitive positioning. This dataset is regularly updated to reflect the latest YouTube channel statistics and ranking changes, providing valuable insights for content creators, marketers, and researchers analyzing YouTube ecosystem trends and channel performance benchmarks.

Saudi Arabia's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$305.50 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Saudi Arabia's main export partners were: the United Arab Emirates, China and India. The top three export commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Plastics and Organic chemicals. Total Imports were valued at US$232.81 Billion. In 2024, Saudi Arabia had a trade surplus of US$72.69 Billion.

The United Arab Emirates' total Imports in 2024 were valued at US$444.65 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The United Arab Emirates' main import partners were: China, India and the United States. The top three import commodities were: Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins; Electrical, electronic equipment and Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers. Total Exports were valued at US$429.43 Billion. In 2024, The United Arab Emirates had a trade deficit of US$15.22 Billion.

This dataset provides values for GOLD RESERVES reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The United Arab Emirates: Stock market capitalization w/o top 10 firms, percent of total market cap: The latest value from 2018 is 16.59 percent, a decline from 25.3 percent in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 44.15 percent, based on data from 41 countries. Historically, the average for the United Arab Emirates from 2011 to 2018 is 23.77 percent. The minimum value, 16.59 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 29.9 percent was recorded in 2013.

The United Arab Emirates' total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$429.43 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The United Arab Emirates' main export partners were: India, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The top three export commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers. Total Imports were valued at US$444.65 Billion. In 2024, The United Arab Emirates had a trade deficit of US$15.22 Billion.

This statistic shows the 10 countries in Middle East-North Africa with the largest number of Christians in 2010. 4.29 million Christians lived in Egypt.

United Arab Emirates Imports from India was US$33.11 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Arab Emirates Imports from India - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on December of 2025.

Syrian Arab Republic refugee migrations to the top 10 destination countries during the course of the Syrian Civil War from 2012 to 2015.

The discovery of oil has had a huge impact on economics and politics within the Middle East, as well as the region’s relationship with the west and the way regional standards of living. Before the discovery of oil, fishing and pearling were the primary economic sectors of many Gulf States. After the discovery of oil and due to the immense value of oil, many Middle East countries made oil their economic focus, changing livelihood of their people in just a few decades. One example is Kuwait, whose economy focused mainly on fishing and pearling prior to the discovery of oil in 1934. Now, oil extraction and processing accounts for 50% of the country’s GDP, 90% of export earnings, and 75% of government revenues1. Typically, the more oil a country exports the less economically diverse it is. Booz & Company did a study to look at the economic diversity of the Gulf States, which are very oil-rich, in comparison to the rest of the world, and found that the economic diversity of the GCC (the countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) was much lower than that of European or other “western” states3. Since oil is a nonrenewable resource it will become important for these countries to diversify their economies and become independent of oil as reserve levels decline. Recently, attempts of economic diversification have been made in several oil diverse nations such as the aluminum smelting industry in Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE, taken up as an attempt to diversify their economy6; however, the reason that the industry of aluminum smelting has grown in these counties is because aluminum smelting requires immense amounts of oil. Therefore, the economics of these counties is in reality not that diversified. The Export Diversity Index is defined as the number of prominent commodities a country exports. Goods made from the same derivative, such as crude oil and petroleum products, were categorized as belonging in the same industry for simplicity purposes. The data represented in the map was obtained from lists of each country's ten most lucrative exports, and the index ranges on a scale of 1 to 10 different exports4. We noticed that the countries with the greatest volume oil resources had the lowest score on the index because more goods they produced were related to the oil industry. The map of oil reserves gives a good visual representation of which Middle Eastern countries are the most oil-rich, and shows a high concentration of marks in the Gulf states, particularly the in the Persian Gulf where off-shore reserves are located. The countries with the lowest score on the index were Saudi Arabia (with a score of 2), Kuwait (4), Bahrain (2), and Qatar (2). It is interesting to note that although other countries may have high concentrations of certain resources within their borders it is only the oil-rich countries that have the lowest levels of export diversity. The only exceptions to this trend are countries with a government that has made particularly strong efforts to become less oil-reliant, such as the United Arab Emirates7. Although, we recognize that a country's economic diversity also accounts for its domestic economy, which generally relies heavily on the country's exports. Therefore this analysis concludes that the Export Diversity Index is an indicator of a country's economic index. The data we have compiled has implications for the future of many of the Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia, as the international community attempts to wean itself off of fossil fuels.Amanda Doyle, March 2012WORKS CITED1.“Kuwait Economy”. Encycopedia of the Nations, Advameg, Inc. 2011. http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Kuwait-ECONOMY.html.2.Burke, Edmund, and Yaghoubian, David N. Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East. 2nd ed. University of California Press: Berkley, CA, 2006.3.“Economic Diversification”. The Ideation Center. 2011. http://www.ideationcenter.com/home/ideation_article/economic_diversification.4."UN Data: Country Profile”. UN Division of Statistics, United Nations. 2011. http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx5."USGS identifies potential giant oil and gas fields in Israel/Palestine”. EnerGeoPolitics. 2010. http://energeopolitics.com/2010/04/09/usgs-identifies-potential-giant-oil-and-gas-fields-in-israelpalestine/6. "A Summary of Existing and New-Buuild Smelters in the Middle East". Aluminium International Today. January /February 2009. http://www.improvingperformance.com/papers/Primary%20Article%20AIT.pdf.7. "UAE to Diversify Economy - To Reduce Dependence on Oil and Natural Gas Revenues". Oil Gas Articles. 2011. http://www.oilgasarticles.com/articles/416/2/UAE-to-Diversify-Economy---To-Reduce-Dependence-on-oil-and-Natural-Gas-Revenues/Page2.html?PHPSESSID=e10561d4a9d2cf87f64fbdeb2e00f65d.